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Indie music software studio joins ever-growing list of trade association members

MCV readers and awards guests are being asked to help raise 4,000 for Gamesaid. You can donate now, on the night or after the awards to help the industry’s charity, which has been doing fantastic work to help the lives of children and young people. Over 620 retailers, media and …

This morning’s copy of UK newspaper The Sun carries a hard-hitting headline for Nintendo – "3DS SOS". It claims that "record return levels were reported" after "thousands" suffered headaches and dizziness after playing with the device. It also claims that some retailers have been offering refunds to those affected. One …

Offload 2.0 dev toolkit released by Scottish firm

New XDK to offer cost savings and flexibility, as well as special 'Sidecar' debugger

A Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief fund made available by Sony over the PlayStation Network has raised around $1.3m. Established last month, the campaign allowed anyone logging into PSN to donate a sum to charity from the PlayStation Store wallet. All the money raised has been given to the American …

Jeffrey Katzenberg joins board of directors at social games giant

UK entertainment retailer HMV has issued its third profit warning of the year so far. The chain warned, four weeks ahead of the end of the financial year, that annual profits before tax would now be around 30m. When it issued its second profit warning last month it predicted that …

A reshuffle at Dixons Retail has seen its Nintendo buyer promoted. Christopher Rogers has taken on the role of category manager for gaming, and is now responsible for titles across all formats. He will report into Home category Tony Puddefoot. Rogers has been working at the consumer electronics firm for …

Sony has stated that the manufacturing disruption caused by the fallout of last month’s earthquake and tsunami last month could force it to alter its NGP launch plans. This could include the delaying of the launch in some regions. Bloomberg quotes SCEA president Jack Treet as saying that the disaster …