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At the start of the decade when I joined the games industry as a community manager for Ubisoft, such a role within publishing was relatively unknown. Long before Facebook, developing a community of like-minded gamers was reserved primarily for ‘core‘ PC gamers who were looking to enhance their game experience …

Platform holder Sony has detailed its exact Move slate both now and for the weeks ahead – and it shows just how much owners of the motion-sensitive controller have to look forward to. Currently available offerings include Sports Champions, Brunswick Pro Bowling, Toy Story 3, The Shoot, Lord of the …

When Microsoft chose to cancel pioneering online game show 1 vs 100 earlier this year it promised that it would be applying the lessons it had learnt to a future project – and now we have an idea of what exactly that it likely to be. An invitation sent by …

ZeniMax Media has reportedly acquired Swedish developer Machinegames, as revealed by an anonymous industry-monitoring Twitter post and corresponding business papers. The tweet, posted on November 1st, reads Zeminax has also acquired Magnus Hogdahl’s new studio. I wonder if it will bleed talent like Starbreeze.” The statement was then apparently verified …

Adrian Bolton, the general manager of Codemasters’ Guildford studio, is said to have unexpectedly left the company. His departure follows the recent and sudden exodus of lead developer Stuart Black – who had been working hard, some say far too hard, on the upcoming FPS Bodycount. Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens …

Walkout follows the departure of Stuart Black; no wider problem to report insists CEO

Sales record wonâ??t be beaten for another five years, says Screen Digest analyst

Dominant social network is not the only solution for online hits, says CEO Hubertz

Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubert warned that developers of traditional handheld games face a crisis as iPhones and Android devices tempt away their audience. In his keynote speech at London Games Conference last night, Hubertz warned against relying on solely one platform to build a games business – especially those platforms …

Bigpoint boss says big budget and reliance on subscriptions spells bad news for Star Wars MMO