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IGDA says the retailer has too much control over app prices

Leading execs from Electronic Arts, Activision, Sega, Ubisoft, Future Publishing and more starred in a special sizzle video shown at the MCV Industry Excellence Awards last week. The curtain-raiser music video – this year using Bee Gee’s You Should Be Dancing – played to a crowd of over 620 attendees …

Electronic Arts has promoted Shaun White to lead its MCV Award-winning UK PR team. White joined EA in 2005 and was most recently senior PR manager for EA Sports. His appointment as head of PR follows the departure of Simon Smith-Wright for the publisher’s Australian office. He told MCV: It’s …

HMV will sell second-hand games online as a part of a renewed push around pre-owned. It follows the launch of the firm’s new iPhone and Android app, which lets users scan a game’s barcode to find out how much credit HMV will give them for it. HMV RePlay manager Martin …

Tesco’s new games boss says the grocer goliath can expand the market in ways HMV and GAME cannot. In an interview with MCV, senior buying manager Sarah Kaye insisted a ‘level playing field’ between specialists and supermarkets can help grow the games market in the face of a tough economy. …

Turner Broadcasting Europe has invested an unspecified sum into a venture with TeePee Games. TeePee is an online gaming platform that allows users to access Facebook, mobile and online games from one destination. It is currently in its beta stage and will launch in the next few weeks. Turner Europe …

Trade body UKIE hopes to attract digital creative firms by backing this year’s Digital Shoreditch Festival. The inaugural event takes place between Tuesday, May 3rd to Friday May 6th in the Shoreditch area, and will feature workshops, parties, projections and augmented reality games. UKIE is very happy to demonstrate its …

Hear how from Facebook, Google, OpenMarket, Visa and others at Monetising Mobile

Financial analysts have hit back at a damning Goldman Sach’s report on retailer GAME. John Stevenson from Peel Hunt and David Jeary from Investec have said GAME’s recent Strategy Update shows the company is doing the right things to ensure future profitability. Their statements follow a report from Goldman Sachs, …

The BAFTA Fellow gets the rapid-fire question treatment... properly this time