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Children’s social gaming sites such as Moshi Monsters accounted for almost ten per cent of all video game TV advertising last month. From January 1st to 22nd 2011 there were just two of these sites advertising on UK TV, Moshi Monsters and Fight My Monster.These accounted for 5.9 per cent, …

Search engine giant wants to avoid games spam on its social network

In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, industry veteran Al King returns to games and we run through the best job opportunities. WARGAMING.NET RECRUITS KING The company behind online games such as World of Tanks and World of Warplanes has hired Al King as global …

Mark Rein claims the new tech will have a 'profound effect' on game development

PC giants take their dispute to the courts

Event organisers declare show a triumph, offering insight into the changing landscape of casual

New year fails to match strong 2011 figures

Digital goods drive third of total revenues

How the internet transformed game financing, and how Double Fine resurrected double-A

RPG fans still have a while to wait for the return of Blizzard’s hugely popular Diablo series. The publisher’s CEO Mike Morhaime announced that Diablo III will be released in the second quarter of 2012 – anywhere between April and June. The new release window was given during an investor …