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Retail giant GameStop saw year-on-year profit fall from $40.3m to $30.9m during its fiscal quarter ending July 30th. Total sales dipped 3.1 per cent to $1.74bn for the quarter from the $1.8bn generated during the same period last year. Digital sales increased 69 per cent. However, profit before tax and …

GAMESCOM:Tecmo KOEIhas announced that Ninja Gaiden 3 will include full support for the PlayStation Move controller. It’s the first third party title in some time to confirm support for the controller. We are really excited to announce this fantastic news at Gamescom”, Team Ninja’s Yosuke Hayashi stated. Ninja Gaiden 3 …

Mobile marketing agency Somo has proved itself a pioneer in the discovery space, having built an augmented reality app for Audi that lets users ‘drive’ cars around their phones via an AR trigger. The company will talk more aboutthis projectand explain its vision for the technology at ‘Monetising Mobile: Next …

Minecraft firm signs up Cobalt from Oxeye; Small indie's team has been working from Mojang studio, shares staff

GAMESCOM: The games industry is no stranger to public bickering. And as much as the media (secretly) loves it, Activision publishing boss Eric Hirshberg has called for calm. It’s one thing to want your game to succeed and another thing to actively, publicly say you want other games to fail," …

Too many studios recycle material for sequels, says studio's Steve Gibson

Decorated industry veteran heads up consultancy firm

Negative community feedback changes PC DRM policy

Man who would never be featured in any mobile ad campaign ever makes 'Dabble â?? The Fast Thinking Word Game'

Hirshberg calls for calm in Gamescom address