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The High Street is bracing itself for a slowdown in sales this year due to the VAT increase. A study by the Centre for Retail Research, in association with online shopping group Kelkoo forecasts that consumers will spend an average of 324 less in 2011 because of the VAT increase. …

Time is running out – the annual MCV Salary Survey ends this week. This year, we’re not only asking for your feedback on the salaries for various sectors of the industry, but also your experiences of switching between those sectors. The survey is embedded in the text below and is …

US researchers have managed to adapt Kinect and use it to control Blizzard’s MMO behemoth World of Warcraft. An Institute for Creative Technologies team working out of the University of Southern Carolina have developed FAAST – middleware that translates physical gestures to in-game actions through Microsoft’s motion controller, according to …

Develop asks an industry panel if the tax credit fight is worth it

Is Bobby Kotick right to blast the Govt's u-turn a 'terrible mistake'?

It’s a New Year and we have a new UK Number One. Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops has seen its reign at the top of the listings disrupted for the second time with EA’s FIFA 11 overtaking it to claim the weekly crown. In the last week of November …

Square Enix has released Championship Manager Legends: 1970s on the App Store. The iPhone game, developed by Beautiful Game Studios, allows gamers to manage a team throughout the 70s. It boasts an authentic database of footballers and features various start dates. Championship Manager Legends: 1970s also includes OpenFeint compatibility which …

Playlogic has relaunched as a newly-formed company, now named Playlogic Entertainment N.V. The troubled publisher filed for bankruptcy back in July, but restarts its business this month. Part of the company’s former staff has been re-employed and will work under a new management team. Playlogic Entertainment will focus on developing …

It looks as if Ubisoft might have dropped its controversial internet-dependent DRM used on some of its key PC titles. PC Gamer reports that some gamers have posted pictures of titles such as Assassin’s Creed II and Splinter Cell: Conviction working perfectly well without being connected to Ubisoft’s servers. The …

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