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Digital distributor Green Man Gaming has hired Tim Sawyer as operations director. Sawyer most recently worked as group head of ecommerce for Middle East electronics retailer, MeMega. Before this, he was head of ecommerce for ShopDirect Group. As Europe’s fastest growing digital distributor, we needed an experienced person to take …

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At what point will digital content be the driving force behind game revenues? It’s a question that many retailers dread, that others embrace, and one that publishers constantly deliberate. Now we want your view on the matter. MCV has launched a new survey for industry professionals.Take part in our eight-question …

PS3 gamers hoping to find a free copy of digital-only title Battlefield 1943 included in their copy of Battlefield 3 are going to be disappointed. It has emerged that EA has not, as previously promised, bundled the multiple shooter in PS3 versions of the new Battlefield title. The Battlefield Twitter …

Judge upholds previous trial court decision

'Life is too short' says new casino games exec

It looks as if the secondary joypad accessory being released for the 3DS final has a name. Siliconera reports that Nintendo has trademarked the name ‘Circle Pad Pro’ in Japan, It has also trademarked ‘Slide Pad Expansion’ in Japanese, suggesting the former moniker is destined for the rest. Pictures of …

Dust 514 for PS3 aims to revolutionise the console landscape by further opening up the closed platform to the internet, CCP’s VP of business developer Thor Gunnarsson has claimed. The console space right now is where the PC was before the internet really kicked off,” said Gunnarsson in the latest …

Consoles on the cusp of emulating PC's internet revolution, CCP tells Develop

Publisher set to open United Arab Emirates studio