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Casual games title Mafia Wars 2 has suffered an exodus of players in November. Business Week reports that having hit a user peak of 2.5m daily active users in October. However, that number has tumbled by a massive 900k players in November according to AppData. The site goes on to …

'Companies that treat talent as a commodity face severe consequences' says EA's head of HR Gabrielle Toledano

The UK Government hasmade public its response to the Livingstone-Hope Skills Review, which in February this year made recommendations to include computer science into the national curriculum. The statement from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport makes 85 distinct responses to the Livingstone-Hope report, which itself set out twenty …

A new report from The New York Times claims that Angry Birds creators Rovio rebuffed an astonishing $2.25bn takeover offer from Zynga in the summer. The context placed on the revelation is that potentials targets are being scared off by a ruthless corporate culture that, while serving Zynga well on …

Former Krome and Team Bondi staff working on new title

Department for Culture, Media and Sport publishes eagerly awaited reply

It may be tough times on the High Street, but online retailers are expecting their most successful Xmas yet. IMRG and Kelkoo both estimate 13.5bn will be spent in the UK online during the next four weeks, up 14 per cent over 2010.And consumers will be spending earlier than ever …

'The economic and cultural value of the UK's video games and VFX sectors presents a great opportunity for UK-based businesses'

Online auction giant eBay is hitting the High Street this week with the support of at least two games retailers. Both Zavvi and Comet will have a presence at eBay’s temporary Christmas Boutique store in London’s West End from Thursday, December 1st to Monday, December 5th.Customers will be able to …

The Government has admitted that teaching children about computers is seriously "in need of reform". In an official response to the Livingstone-Hope Next Gen report published nine months ago, a lengthy statement from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport concedes that interactive computer teaching in the UK is "insufficiently …