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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

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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 …

It may have hypnotised critics, but much like its spiritual predecessor Rez, recent release Child of Eden wasn’t such a hit at retail – a fact clearly not missed on publisher Ubisoft. When the game arrives on PS3 on September 23rd consumers’ will notice more differences than simply PlayStation Move …

Australian videogame cocktail bar ‘The Mana Bar’ opened its second venue on Saturday in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Thousands of attendees queued for hours to get inside the 50 person capacity venue, with the very first arriving the evening before. Guy Blomberg, "We’re looking forward to working with associations here in Melbourne …