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Mominis contest offers $15,000 prize pool and wide-ranging distribution offer

American market analyst Michael pachter has said that the 3DS has had a smaller impact on the US market than he expected. However, he adds that the arrival of a killer title – which he believes could prove to be Kid Icarus – should be enough to reverse its fortunes. …

MoMinis vice president of community and content, Eyal Rabinovich, explains the contest

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform has been subject to continual speculation about poor handset sales in recent months, but one analyst thinks the company is set for big success in the coming years. Pyramid Research’s latest smartphone forecasts report includes the prediction that by 2015, Windows Phone will overtake Google’s …

The latest ‘BrandZ’ study by global brands agency Millward Brown puts Apple and the top, supplanting last year’s top dog Google. It says Apple’s attention to detail and diversifying product range enable it to behave differently from other consumer electronics makers. Peter Walshe, global brands director of Millward Brown, told …

Some elements of PSN will be back online far ahead of the May 31st date circulated this morning, a spokesperson for SCE UK has told MCV. In his press conference on May 1st, boss Kaz Hirai already stated that PSN would receive a phased roll-out over the period of one …

The May issue of Develop is packed with great features, including an in-depth look at the unique creative culture at Valve

In a fresh blow for PSN’s security worries, Sony has omitted over the weekend that it was forced to remove the details of some 2,500 PSN users that were posted online by hackers. Reuters reports that the details stemmed from a 2001 product sweepstake and included names and partial addresses. …

Who are the world’s best games studios? You’ll get to find out next month when our sister magazine Develop publishes its list of the most successful developers, the Develop 100, next month. And this time out listing comes courtesy of none other than Metacritic. The must-read review score tracking site …

Closely watched list of the world's best games studios is published next month