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You might not think it – and you might not have even heard of his company – but Heiko Hubertz is gaming’s next big CEO. Move over Riccitiello. Move over Kotick. In fact, scratch that. He already is one of gaming’s big business leaders – it’s just that he’s built …

Entertainment giant Disney has ramped up its charity work by bringing games to patients at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The publisher teamed up with Nintendo last week (Thursday, November 25th) to take Wiis and copies of Epic Mickey to sick children. It’s part of a company-wide effort from Disney which …

UK rental giant LoveFilm says its PS3 movie streaming service will exceed expectations. The company launched the utility earlier this month in collaboration with developer PushButton, and has enjoyed a consistent stream of positive feedback. We are delighted with the PS3 package,” LoveFilm’s chief marketing officer Simon Morris told MCV. …

Milestone reached in under two months, developer confirms

London named Britainâ??s number one creative sector

Having slipstreamed the opposition and claimed first place in this week’s UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40, Gran Turismo 5 has also bettered the performance of its predecessor. Week one sales of the new racer were six per cent up compared to the week one performance of PS2 outing …

£40,000 purse for building a â??2014 Commonwealthâ?? online game

It may have taken its time in getting to market, but the long wait for Gran Turismo 5 has rewarded Sony with a welcome UK No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. To claim the crown Polyphony Digital’s racer had to topple the mighty Call of Duty: …

Supplies of both Xbox 360 Kinect and PlayStation Move are not as short as either Microsoft or Sony would have you believe, US analyst Michael Pachter has claimed. Last week Sony stated that it had misjudged the demand for the stand-alone Move controllers” and that we have a catch-up problem …

A major title update for MMO title Final Fantasy XIV has been released that Square Enix hopes will address some of the major criticisms that have been levelled at its titles in its opening weeks. The game has already twice had its free trial period extended as Square Enix tries …