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GameVision asked 6,728 gamers about Grand Theft Auto IV to tell us about their experiences of the GTA franchise in more detail. Rockstar?Games and Take-Two recently announced that the Grand Theft Auto franchise has now shipped in total a staggering 114m units, with GTA IV alone shipping over 22m. This …

Trade website GamesIndustry.biz has thrown its weight behind the upcoming London Games Conference. LGC is the essential business forum and networking event for decision makers within the interactive entertainment sector, examining the challenges within a fast-changing market and new business models. GameStop, Valve, OnLive and PopCap are just some of …

Business site joins Develop and MCV as partner for UK's biggest games conference

Prepaid content specialist InComm Europe has signed up to sponsor the London Games Conference. The company is one of two confirmed Gold Sponsors for LGC 2011, joining online games media giant IGN. We think this is the event for gaming in London and we’re pleased to be associated with long-established …

'No other vendor has the ability or knowledge to develop higher level behavioural AI', CEO says

Media firm The Games Tribe has formed partnerships with almost 100 independent websites in its first year. The editorial start-up formed by ex-Future publisher Richard Keith has 60 ‘Partner’ sites, which it supports with marketing and editorial. Deals are in place with 30 for ad placements. But this is just …

The UK games retail market generated 27.7m last week, a 136 per cent rise week-on-week and the second highest number this year. Over 900,000 software units were sold last week, up 75 per cent over the seven days before. It’s amazing what two games can do.The market was driven largely …

Book now and save £40 on ticket prices for the essential industry event

Hurry! Today is the final chance to buy passes for this year’s London Games Conference at the reduced rate of 229. The November 10th conference has speakers from GameStop, Valve, OnLive, PopCap and many more lined up to talk about the digital games market. And until 6pm BST, our early …

A whopping three-month ad campaign is underway for toy/game hybrid Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. Activision has teamed up with the Mumsnet website to educate parents on its innovative new product. The Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure Starter Pack retails for 59.99 and comes with a copy of the game, three figures and a …