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Yet analyst remains hopeful of long-term success for the Facebook games firm

'There are many third party developers and publishers feverishly working on titles' says Sony VP Scott Rohde

Future’s Steve Payne explains why you can no longer judge the games media on ABC and traffic numbers alone It’s ABC time, which will mean some discouraging circulation decreasing in the gaming sector. Then comes lots of bad news about the declining importance of magazines to the modern gamer. Afterwards, …

THQ is set to close its Japan publishing arm at the end of this month, according to reports. These suggest the decision was made to close the office after the recent well-documented financial troubles of its parent company, based in North America. THQ recently axed 240 staff, with CEO Brian …

Circulation figures for the UK’s specialist games mags fell across the board, according to the latest figures from audit bureau ABC. Future’s NGamer – recently rebranded to Nintendo Gamer – and Imagine’s Play suffered the worst declines, losing more than a quarter of their readership compared to the same period …

Further parliamentary debate 'a joke', says MP Ed Husic

As Minecraft creator explains hurdles in personally financing the project

EA to live stream industry event

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The High Street may be having a tough time, but the UK games market is still incredibly healthy, MCV research shows today. For the first time, we can reveal the true value of the UK games market, showing that consumers spent over 3bn on their hobby in 2011. It’s proof …