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Ian Livingstone tells Develop how implementing the findings of the skills review's recommendations is progressing

SEGA Australia has welcomed a new junior product manager, Khiet Chu, to the marketing team in its Sydney office this week. Chu has three years experience in the promotional marketing industry, and comes to SEGA from his previous role as a production coordinator at Corporate Express Ltd. His educational background …

Persson set to greet army of fans on stage as final version of the game launches

Steve Jarratt will leave Future Publishing next month, MCV understands. He is the first big name to leave the firm after it said the UK operation will be downsized by 10 per cent. Jarratt will depart at the end of the consultation period, which Future hopes to have wrapped up …

HMV is dead, right? That’s what some publishers and the Daily Mail think. So imagine Christopher Dring’s surprise when speaking to the firm’s very much alive CEO Simon Fox. Last week MCV was in a presentation where HMV was talked about in the past tense, and some press think you’ve …

Record companies and movie studios rallied around HMV earlier this year. Now it is time for the games industry to step up. Speaking to MCV, HMV CEO Simon Fox has issued a call to publishers for better support following its traumatic start to the year. The retailer is now back …

GameStop has told MCV that DOES have designs on a big slice of the UK games market. But the retailer says it will get it through its new UK website NOT a bricks and mortar assault. As we reported last week, the chain has put paid to years of speculation …

Dare to be Digital 2011 team Fatdog Games talks exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title The Tale of Yog.

Kennedy Miller Mitchell (KMM), videogame arm of ‘Happy Feet’ producers Dr. D, is rumoured to be bringing Team Bondi on board. According to an article on Kotaku, Team Bondi founder Brendan McNamara and several Team Bondi employees were recently given a tour of the Dr. D offices. The article cites …

Mark Rein turns his attentions to Adhesive's promising mech combat game