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Claims have emerged that staff members of UK Apple stores have been told to cancel any holiday booked for the first two weeks of October. Such claims have been made and passed without event before, but it just so happens that early October has already been fingered as the launch …

Event to showcase independent games and 'encourage innovation and artistry'

The value of IP is already very well understood, but one firm has claimed that games publishers in the West are slowly catching up with their Eastern counterparts by taking measures to protect their technical innovations. A new report from patent firm Withers & Rogers says that of the top …

MCV Pacific goes live on Monday, October 3rd – and if you haven’t signed up for the associated editorial email services, you’ll be missing out. The new site – www.mcvpacific.com – will be the region’s first dedicated b2b media outlet and has already attracted the support of the biggest local …

Microsoft has penned a partnership with innovative toy outlet Build-A-Bear Workshop to bring additional characters to its upcoming Kinect pet simulator. Starting from October 14th, the retailer will stock four new characters to coincide with next month’s release of Kinectimals Now With Bears. The four collectible bears will retail at …

A new transfer cable is on the way from Microsoft that will allow gamers to transfer information between two of the new style Xbox 360 S consoles. The current transfer cable allows for the transfer of information from older Xbox 360 units to the newer machines, but not for transfers …

[#AltDevBlogADay] Aspiring developer Kyle Kulyk asks; if Nintendo doesn't repeat its success, what will that mean for the industry?

Nearly half of game retail’s annual revenues will come from just one fifth of the calendar year. That’s according to GAME Group CEO Ian Shepherd, who has told investors that he hopes a strong set of releases will make up for the rough retail climate that has defined the year …