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Popular kids games site Miniclip has been added to the London Games Conference speaker roster. The site’s Chris Bergstresser, VP and commercial director, is the latest to join a session where digital developers will share best practice and advice. Other speakers in the session include GoG.com and PopCap. Miniclip joins …

The triumph of FIFA 12 tells us a number of things about how the games market has changed in 2011. This year’s game made over a third more revenue than last year’s instalment in its launch week. Chart-Track data has that down to a higher RRP and focus on 360 …

The High Street could make in excess of 120m this year from the booming online game headset market. This ultra-competitive sector lets stores get in on the increasingly important multiplayer segment. It is tipped to be the ultimate margin maker for upcoming hits Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3. High-end …

Electronic Arts has netted 1m UK sales of FIFA in record time. MCV understands that the latest game in the hit franchise passed the 1m unit barrier earlier this week.It means that FIFA 12 has enjoyed the most successful launch for the series to date. According to Gfk Chart-Track, 18 …

Epic Games rival poised to reveal 'unifying technology for consoles, browsers and mobiles'

Online retail firm The Hut Group has set up a new website that allows customers to buy and sell pre-owned video games. TheHutRecycle.com lets users trade in their old games, CDs, DVDs, mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players and more in exchange for vouchers. These can be used to spend …

PC and smartphones are overshadowing consoles, studio survey shows

The Deadly Premonition creator gets the rapid-fire question treatment

But two fifths of studios are struggling to access finance

Sticking true to its pledge to evolve the product, Sony studio Polyphony Digital has detailed the changes that will be implemented when the Spec 2 patch for Gran Turismo 5 is released on October 11th. Following plenty of feedback from the GT5 community, interior views have been added to all …