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You’ve been senior vice president of EMEA sales since last May. How are you settling in?Pretty well, actually. Officially I started on May 1st, but I was already pretty much into the job on April 1st, so it’s almost been a year now. It’s been a tough time for all of …

A collection of games-inspired clothing makes its way to Debenhams stores next month. The new line of Joystick Junkies t-shirts – dubbed ‘Discotronic’ – have been produced with electronic music artists such as Calvin Harris and Deadmau5. They have an RRP of 25. This range is the result of a …

Ginx expects a potential audience of over 12m when it launches its games TV channel next month. The makers of former Bravo show, GameFace, already broadcasts video games programming via 24-hour dedicated channels in Indonesia, Asia and Europe. A UK version of the channel is due to launch in March. …

The UK’s leading magazine publishers are upping the ante on Apple devices. Future Publishing has launched more than 15 apps for iPhone and iPad in the last three months based on brands such as Total Film, Classic Rock and SFX, and the firm is keen to get its games portfolio …

Platform holder Microsoft has announced a new – and hopefully definitive – release date for Gears of War 3 on Xbox 360. The game will now be released worldwide on Tuesday September 20th 2011. The only exception to this is Japan where the game will be released on September 22nd. …

Global games retailer GameStop has announced the appointment of Steve Nix as its new general manager of digital distribution. Nix joins after four years at developer id Software where he served as digital distribution manager. "Several technology and consumer initiatives have entered the market, each of them strengthening our core …

Publisher Deep Silver has expressed its delight at the frenzy of activity that greeted the release of its new trailer for Dead Island last week. In the time that has followed the game’s Facebook page has attracted over 100,000 fans while the trailer itself has had over 2.7m hits on …

The US Federal Trade Commission is looking into reports of children blowing their parents’ credit cards on mobile social games. The FTC says it’s aware of complaints that in-app payments can allow children to spend money within mobile social games without their parents’ permission, and is looking into the issue. …

'We will closely monitor this industry practice' says FTC

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