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Future Publishing has posted a slight increase in profit for the year ending September 30th 2010. The period saw profits of 8.3m, up from the 7.6m in the same period a year before. Revenue fell one per cent to 151.5m. Net debt was reduced by nearly 50 per cent to …

Is the leading industry association wasting its time chasing tax breaks? We ask CEO Richard Wilson

Those suspected to have stolen The Witcher 2 may be fined more than legit costs

New social game from Stewart Butterfield due for release in spring 2011

A study by US analyst Cowen & Company has said that fear of buying a scratched disk, missing out on the in-game manual or simply the urge to own new goods is the key motivation behind those who dislike buying pre-owned games. In total 54 per cent of those who …

PlayStation move stock is likely to be hard to come by until 2011, platform holder Sony has warned. SCEA’s senior VP or marketing Peter Dille told VentureBeat that Sony misjudged the demand for the stand-alone Move controllers” and that stores are running low across Europe, America and Japan. That bodes …

Ubisoft reveals license deal with 3ds Max, Motion Builder and Human IK

Stewart Butterfield, co-founder of image-driven social network Flickr, has announced Glitch – a new social game. The title is a project the developer has been working on since before the creation of Flickr. It is combines elements of platforming and RPGs with social networking, allowing users to interact and trade …

One of Japan’s most popular game developers has launched an imaginative and damning analysis of his native development nation. Katamari Damacy maestro Keita Takahashi described the Japanese sector as a zombie” that needs to die, but won’t. In an interview with consumer magazine GamesTM, Takashashi said: I think the Japanese …

Nintendo will not be an exhibitor at next year’s Consumer Electonics Show. Reports emerged that Nintendo would be showcasing its products at the Las Vegas event in January when the platform holder’s name appeared on a list of exhibitors for the first time in 16 years. It was hoped that …