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Games retailers face serious challenges from the disruption created by on-demand content according to EA Sports boss Andrew Wilson. Speaking this morning in a keynote speech at the Develop conference, he said that despite market growth which meant more gamers than ever were out there, fewer and fewer are going …

Develop Conference: Papaya Mobile calls for reassessment of the entire social sector

Long-serving games journalist Colin Campbell has been appointed as IGN’s new head of news and features. Campbell has a vast history in the games space, with former employers including both the UK and US arms of Future Publishing and MCV publisher Intent Media. Most recently, and having relocated to the …

Indie devs can move so quick 'someone from the Bay Area, Brighton or Islamabad' can disrupt established firms says EA

300 jobs created as EA Games president expresses excitement about the future

Develop Conference: Andrew Wilson on why recognising consumer interest in avatar status grants success in the digital era

Develop Conference: Fish in a bottle founder touts potential of browser-based games â??if you are sneakyâ??

Microsoft has reasserted that developers are not being forced to incorporate Kinect functionality into their Xbox 360 games and that Kinect functionality will not be forced on core gamers. "I don’t think we’re trying to put any input paradigm, enforce that on anyone, unless it’s better,” Xbox CFO Dennis Durkin …

Develop Conference: Industry graveyards 'are filled with companies resisting change'

Just three weeks after its supposed withdrawal from the hacking scene, Lulzsec has returned to the world of online mischief with a high-profile hack of The Sun’s website last night. Anyone trying to visit the tabloid’s web portal was redirected to a fake story somewhat distastefully claiming that News Corp …