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The release of Batman: Arkham City last Friday marks, by all accounts, the arrival of the best game produced for 2011.For retailers, it will be a cash cow. For consumers, a delight to play. But it also contains the most brazen of publishers’ moves to clamp down on pre-owned. You …

Moshi Monsters creator Mind Candy is poised to become one of the largest games firms in the UK. Its current recruitment campaign will see the firm double its headcount to 200 in the next 12 months.Such phenomenal growth comes off the back of an active strategy to push out the …

Half-Life studio presses ahead with 'entertainment as a service' model

Retailers HMV and GAME have once again decided to offer this week’s biggest release for a tantalisingly low price for those willing to trade-in specific games. HMV has slashed the price of EA’s Battlefield 3 to just 2.99 for any customer willing to hand over a copy of either Batman: …

Boost to developers across Scotland if it breaks from England, trade body claims

There are just three days to go until the biggest night of the year for the UK’s games media. In the run-up to the big event on Wednesday October 26th at Vinopolis, we’re providing a series of features profiling those media brands and individuals in the running for an award. …

Apple’s visionary co-founder Steve Jobs swore he would spend all of his company’s $40 billion to annihilate Google’s rival smartphone operating system. The technology magnate’s hatred of Android is laid bare in a forthcoming official biography. Jobs told author Walter Isaacson that he viewed Android as "grand theft" of his …

An official Batman: Arkham City app has been released merging the full game with the iOS platform. The app, developed by Dorling Kindersley, provides users with an interactive map with locations of the game’s 350 collectables and riddles via their mobile. The App Store page calls it the perfect digital …

'London has a large and diverse business hub with world-class developers' says Babaroga exec

Popular UK-based consumer games site Eurogamer.net has gone live with its brand new look. Launching simultaneously in ten languages, the site has been designed with three different versions now available – an HD mode for normal PC-based browsing as well as both portable and mobile versions. Much of the homepage …