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In MCV’s weekly rundown of thehottest vacancies and latest personnel news, four UK journos form a new digital games site and we run through the best job opportunities. Elite UK games journos co-found Hookshot Inc Four popular UK games journalists have set up a digital games website: Hookshot Inc. Christian …

The flagship GAME and GameStation stores will hold midnight events for PlayStation Vita. GAME Oxford Street is the official UK midnight launch, and will feature meet and greets with WipEout 2048 developers Karl Jones and Ami Ledger (who will be on hand to sign copies of the games). Fans will …

Drew Karpyshyn's decision to leave Mass Effect developer 'completely amicable'

Playfish man Dan Borthwick to lead dev studio

But almost three quarters of devs outsourcing development, new research papers suggest

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Consolidated financial data shows all studios made combined loss

Farmville developer alleged to have broken implied contract with SocialApps

2012 started brightly for games and consoles TV advertising. The first two full weeks produced remarkable year-on-year growth (52 per cent and 2,498 per cent). The extraordinary growth witnessed during the week ending January 15th reflects a very poor corresponding week in 2011, when a small base of just three …

Pop-up shops, Land Rovers and mass midnight openings will greet the arrival of PlayStation Vita next week. Sony has drawn up its biggest hardware campaign to date, encompassing everything from print and TV ads to sampling venues. It all kicks off today (Friday, February 17th) with the World Is In …