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Rovio Mobile’s Angry Birds game has been downloaded more than 7m times on Android since its release in mid-October. The developer revealed the milestone in a tweet, responding to questions about why the game was made free and ad-supported for Android. Rovio launched Angry Birds as a free download via …

Royalty demands â??going the wrong way for games publishersâ?? says Frank Gibeau

UK developer Tag Games has landed a coup, signing a deal with BBC Worldwide to launch an official Doctor Who game for iPhone and iPad. The game, which is expected to launch before Christmas, will allow fans to play as the Doctor and as his current assistant Amy Pond. "Doctor …

Just days to go if you want to show off your studio's rising star

Part One: EA Games president Frank Gibeau discusses sweeping changes made at the company

LoveFilm has applauded publishers’ efforts to encourage new sales with the rise of second user charges. The inclusion of second user charges means rental copies of titles such as FIFA Online and UFC Undisputed 2010 will have limited functionality – but LoveFilm is happy to see games firms driving customers …

Richard Keith has lifted the lid on the first two blogs to emerge from his Games Tribe venture – jrpgtribe.com and raidingparty.net. Keith announced the formation of The Games Tribe in September. jrpgtribe.com will be run by former Future Publishing face Kim Richards, who formerly served as a games tester …

Publisher Ubisoft is celebrating a double victory in yesterday’s Children’s BAFTA Awards. Rabbids Go Home won the title of Best Video Game, edging out a string of Nintendo nominations including the likes of New Super Mario Bros, Pokemon Heart Gold/ Soul Silver and Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the process. …

Heiko Hubertz, the CEO of Bigpoint, has told MCV that his company’s upcoming browser shooter Ruined could threaten the stability of the console FPS market. Games like Call of Duty and Halo – you wont develop the same kind of game for the web, because they have huge budgets,” he …

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 …