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Former SingStar chief talks Facebook, smartphones and the future of music games

Developer Rovio says iPhone owners play the bird-chucker 65m minutes each month

Square Enix has lifted the lid on Tomb Raider, a reboot of the Lara Croft series. The game will be developed by Crystal Dynamics and features the first adventures of a young and inexperienced Lara. An official blurb reads: ‘After a brutal storm destroys the boat she was travelling on, …

In 2001 I spent six months in Sri Lanka. When you’re living and working in the jungle there’s not much to do of a night, and as a result I found myself getting engrossed in, amongst other things, the Harry Potter books. There were many blurry-eyed mornings caused by a …

People have addictive personalities. Said people can conceivably become addicted to games. As games become more popular that risk increases. That’s the central premise of Panorama’s ‘Addicted to Games’, which airs on BBC one tonight at 20:30. Where the programme slides into murky territory, however, is the insinuation that developers …

Games targeted by BBC probe are â??a lot differentâ?? to those made by its commercial arm

Label president Gibeau says studio independence is key, though some game elements are mandatory

John Riccitiello has a plan to outsell Call of Duty: Make a better game. And make a better game again.” In an interview with Kotaku, the EA CEO said the publisher plans to develop and release a string of high-rated titles that will enable the firm to eventually dethrone Activision’s …

THQ has warned investors not to look at just NPD boxed product sales charts when judging the state of the industry. The publisher’s CEO Brian Farrell said the digital side of THQ’s business is performing well but isn’t reflected in NPD’s monthly US video game charts. In an interview with …

The general manager for Xbox in the UK has denied claims that his company is deliberately managing Kinect stock shortages in an effort to drum up hype in the key Christmas shopping season. The accusation was thrown at both Microsoft and Sony last week by US analyst Michael Pachter, who …