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David Braben on why the small device can change the fortunes of the industry

Nintendo has opened its own shop at the heart of the UK’s busiest High Street. The Nintendo shop at John Lewis Oxford Street is part of the retailer’s 4m revamp of its Children’s department. It opened this week, stocking games and hardware for DS, Wii and 3DS, with Gem handling …

Warner Bros has teamed up with Harrods to create a special Harry Potter store, coinciding nicely with the launch of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. The temporary concession opened earlier this week and will remain until the end of January 2012.It will sell a wide variety of Harry Potter products, …

IGN Entertainment UK has confirmed the appointment of Stuart Galbraith as head of games, MCV can reveal. Galbraith joins from Future where he was most recently working as associate publisher for games and entertainment. He was working on titles including Official Xbox Magazine, Xbox World and SFX. Previous to that …

Epic to launch new tech as consoles arrive, but its own games may take a little longer

A consumer rights activist has a filed a lawsuit against Apple at a Chinese court accusing the firm of selling refurbished iPhones, according toShanghai Daily. He claims the company is trying to pass them off as new at a Beijing store. The report says Wang Hai is representing two consumers …

Zynga’s VP of studios, Lou Castle, has resigned from his position to join a casino games company based in Las Vegas. Castle departs from Zynga after only nine months on the job. He joined the Farmville company in February after his former company, InstantAction, buckled from financial pressures. He joins …

Lack of freedom will drive developers to other platforms, Mike Capps says

Company president Mike Capps discusses how future technology fits Epic's masterplan

Seven days, three hours, four minutes and three seconds. That’s how long (at the time of writing) we’ve got to wait for the first ever look at Rockstar’s debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto V. The good news, however, is that all you have to do is bookmark this very …