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John Earner, the Playfish executive who spearheaded breakthrough games Pet Society and Restaurant City, is believed to have left parent company EA. The young games exec will join investment group Accel Partners, according to aTech Crunch report.EA has yet to comment on the matter. If true, Earner’s departure would follow …

Marc Fascia's coding skills are 'insane', says new employer

Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi joins diverse speaker lineup

About ten senior EA execs have departed in the past twelve months

E3 is still premature, claims company executive. 'There will be nothing new in 2012'

It has emerged that UK newspaper The Daily Mail completely fabricated” quotes used in a story linking gaming to a new generation of zombie children”. Today’s story leads with the headline Stoned with tiredness: Generation of children are becoming zombies because of late-night gaming sessions, claims charity”. It then goes …

Online kingpin could submit papers within a matter of days

The CEO of Rovio Mobile, the Finnish studio that built the trailblazing Angry Birds franchise, believes there is some value in games piracy. Speaking at the Midem conference in Cannes this morning, Mikael Hed said the games industry could learn from the rather terrible ways the music industry has tried …

Studio claims it has not repeated an old publicity trick

Illegal copying nevertheless spreads brand awareness, claims Mikael Hed