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By 2014 there will be over 600m connected devices able to play browser games in the US and Western Europe, says Nick Parker. These includePCs, tablets, TVs, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes. That’s on top of 225m smart phones,according to the Parker Consulting analyst, who was speaking at the 2011 …

LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE 2011: Influential games portal has 35 million users worldwide

By 2016 all forms of entertainment will be interactive, says Xbox Live’s Robin Burrowes. The Xbox Live product chief backed up his statement with stats from recent Xbox surveys, which showed that 42 per cent of people use social networks while watching a TV programme. He says: "All forms of …

At London Games Conference today, PopCap senior designer David Bishop listed ten ways to fail at mobile gaming. 1: Blank Android. "Don’t publish on Android. It is a complete waste of time," he said. "And absolutely don’t bother with Kindle Fire. Nobody will buy it." 2: Ignore Facebook.Nobody does anything …

Miniclip’s senior producer Jamie Cason says online browser games are nearing the level of quality associated with console titles. The online games portal spoke highly of its Dogfight Squadron game. Cason told attendees at the 2011 London Games Conference: These browser games – like Dogfight Squadron – are approaching console …

Sega’s UK and digital boss John Clark predicts that the digital games market will match or even surpass boxed games in terms of revenue by 2015. Speaking at London Games Conference today, Clark says that although we are seeing a shift from the packaged goods business to digital business, digital …

Digital rights management fails to prevent illegal game sales, says digital download firm Good Old Games. Speaking at the 2011 London Games Conference, GoG.com’s MD Guillaume Rambourg said: DRM does not protect your product, I should think it will harm your sales in the long run. DRM does not protect …

LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE 2011: Dark days ahead, according to live industry vote

LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE 2011: Free-to-play model is the future, says Nicholas Lovell

Gamesbrief analyst Nicholas Lovell believes dedicated handhelds are doomed and that PlayStation Home is the games sector’s ‘unsung hero’ in an entertaining and at times controversial speech at London Games Conference. In his talk he attempted to persuade the audience which company’s were going to survive the digital transition (or …