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TalkSPORT and Sport’s sales director Kurt Edwards explains why the radio station and magazine are interested in the games industry… Like anymarket, our success depends on meeting consumer demand and building loyalty from our customers. Recent surveys with our audiences have suggested that video games, alongside sport, features highly as …

Managing director Jamie Sefton 'humbled and delighted'

A new video games feature will be aired on talkSPORT. It’s part of a bid by the station’s owners – UTV Media – to attract games publishers. The company says it wants to sell games via its talkSPORT site and run more reviews in Sport magazine. UTV says it’s teaming …

Development arm of company establishing dedicated operation for testing iOS and Android releases

Four start-up indies compete for top honours at Make Something Unreal contest

Other staff could depart from Journey developer, report claims

Eidos life president praised for prolific campaigning

Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter does not believe PlayStation 4 will prevent users from playing pre-owned games. Rumours spread this morning that the next Sony console– reportedly named Orbis – will include anti pre-owned technology to block second hand titles. Reports earlier this year claimed the next Xbox will feature similar …

Big businesses will consider investing heavily in Britain, culture minister claims

Buyers of EA’s upcoming SimCity PC game will need a constant internet connection to play it. Developer Maxis also said that players would be able to purchase the SimCity reboot from digital retail stores other than EA Origin. However, those users will still need an Origin account and internet connection …