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Revenues for Time Warner’s Filmed Entertainment division rose to $12.6bn in 2011, thanks in part to stronger games releases from Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment. The firm’s full-year financial report highlights Batman: Arkham City, Mortal Kombat and the continued success of various LEGO titles, such as LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. …

HMV says a report claiming Amazon is now the UK’s No.1 entertainment retailer is misleading”, as it takes game sales into account. Kantar Worldpanel said Amazon overtook HMV as the UK’s biggest entertainment retailer in the three months ending December 25th. This is in terms of boxed films, games and …

Casual Games Association to take popular 'Connect' conference series to Singapore

Electronic Arts chief financial officer Eric Brown has left the company. He leaves on February 17th to become CFO and COO of communications company Polycom. According to Gamasutra, chief accounting officer and senior VP Kenneth Barker will serve as CFO in the interim. Brown is an EA veteran, joining in …

Tim Heaton looks at UK challenges for hiring the best developers

We look at how Abertay University is helping create the stars of tomorrow

Early buyers of Namco Bandai’s PS Vita Ridge Racer game at retail will receive paid-for content for free. At the launch of PlayStation Vita on February 22nd and for a limited time, boxed copies of Ridge Racer will come with a Ridge Racer Gold Pass. This grants access to five …

Adventure game and documentary project reaches over half its goal in four hours

High-profile financial executive quits games industry

Developers say mandatory payment system amounts to a twenty percent net tax