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The organisers of leading European video games trade event Gamescom 2011 have announced that tickets for the gathering can now be booked via its website. Both trade and the public are currently able to secure their places at special discounted advanced rates. Prices begin at only €6 for public tickets …

Xbox Live is widely regarded as the leading light of online console networks. So what does it say when the leading casual games developer Zynga dismisses it as small beans for games as popular as its own? "Xbox Live’s too small a demographic," chief game designer Brian Reynolds told Industry …

Dare to be Digital contest to be the focal point of three-part television show

The Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) has written to protest to the European Parliament ahead of a vote on a new piece of legislation that intends to ‘harmonise’ cross-border e-taliing and mail order in favour of the consumer. If passed, the new European legislation will mean that any returned …

The long-awaited victory of Homefront in the UK charts this week will be being wildly celebrated at publish THQ this morning. It’s the first UK chart topper for the company since way back in May 2009 when fighter UFC 2009: Undisputed debuted in top place. It’s also a triumph of …

Staff of casual, mobile and PC studio to join Zynga Boston

The founder of mobile gaming outfit ngmoco has suggested that Sony’s position in the hardware space is weak in contrast to its contemporaries Microsoft and Nintendo. Speaking to IndustryGamers, Neil Young said he believed Sony is ‘in trouble’ insofar as console platforms are concerned, and pointed to Microsoft as the …

After a massive marketing campaign and a huge amountof hype, THQ’s big FPS contender Homefront has debuted at the top of the UKIE games charts compiled by GfK Chart-Track. Last week’s chart winner, EA’s Dragon Age II, slips to second spot ahead of Nintendo’s Pokemon White which also slips one …

Neil Young highlights Microsoft as the strongest platform holder

NBA Jam will be the last EA Sports title to include a printed instruction manual in the box. The move is effective as of March 1st, spokesperson Rob Semsey confirmed to Kotaku, with Fight Night Champion being the first title to ship sans-paper. The publisher cites environmental causes for the …