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EA and Bioware have today opened a new customer service centre in Ireland that is hoped will create as many as 200 new jobs. The facility, BioWare’s first outside of North America, and will provide 24/7 support for the upcoming MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic. It has been built …

Start-up founder says triple-A projects would be 'suicidal', but won't think too small

A total of 243 GAME and 165 Gamestation stores will open their doors just before midnight on Thursday September 29th in anticipation of FIFA 12’s release. GAME’s Oxford Street store is hosting the UK’s official midnight launch, with the first customer to buy the game receiving a new LG 3D …

Customer service centre opens as Ireland PM backs games for economic growth

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Zumba Fitness publisher 505 Games is donning its trunks to support the release of its motion-sensing swim sim. It has partnered with iconic swimwear brand Speedo to promote Michael Phelps: Push the Limit.Consumers can play the Kinect title at Speedo’s ‘Brand Wagon’ awareness tour of the UK and Europe, with …

The first retail title has yet to reach shelves, but the team behind Now! That’s What I Call Music are already preparing digital releases for next year. World renowned music label EMI and fledgling publisher Tubby Games told MCV that they are working on downloadable content and full download titles …

Services like Call of Duty Elite will become a necessity for future blockbuster games, says Activision. The publisher’s VP of digital Jamie Berger posits that, while Elite is currently positioned as an optional extra for consumers, social networks will one day be essential components to the biggest releases. We believe …

The doors have finally closed on this year’s Eurogamer Expo, and already the company has announced the dates for next year’s event. Eurogamer Expo 2012 will take place at Earls Court once again between September 27th and September 30th. And Eurogamer boss Rupert Loman is already thinking about the expo’s …

The company behind successful online retailer ShopTo.net has announced a new white label service that will allow others to take advantage of the store’s infrastructure to launch their own ecommerce portal. Skream says that all partners will enjoy the fruit born from ShopTo’s success, including its famed ‘Five minute dispatch’ …