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Online retailer Amazon has warned that it may well post a loss for its current financial quarter. This is despite a 35 per cent leap in revenues for the quarter ending December 31st, which hit $17.43bn. Despite this net income, fell 70 per cent from $416m in 2010 to $117m. …

Daily advice on recruitment and HR from the industry's top companies. Today: Making your demo shine

Hirai to officially become CEO on April 1st; current incumbent Howard Stringer to assume role of chairman of the board

EA was forced to shut down its forums yesterday due to a hacker attack. The intruder defaced” the forum’s front page, though it is not believed that any personal data was accessed or lost. EA thinks it has identified and repaired the vulnerability that permitted the actions and the forums …

Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma has suddenly become a lot more interesting to a number of consumers – it will include access to the first playable demo for Resident Evil 6. All copies of the game, which itself is made by the creators of Resident Evil 4 and Devil may Cry 4, …

Sony has at long last confirmed the rumours of Kaz Hirai’s appointment as president and CEO of the company. The change will take effect as of April 1st 2012. Current chairman, CEO and president Sir Howard Stringer will assume the role of chairman of the board of directors in June. …

US retail has, as expected, confirmed that buying a game digitally for the PlayStation Vita will be cheaper than buying a physical version of the same title. This price disparity is already established in Japan and will, in all likelihood, also be the case when the handheld arrives in the …

'More than 170 million unique users playing our games every month', claims publisher

Virtual actors to star in new online project

The deadline for sending in your nominations for this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards is this week. That means you only have until Friday to highlight the work done by your colleagues, suppliers, customers, or even a rival, for their biggest achievements of the past year. And don’t forget to …