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A self-employed builder joined team after impressing with his custom level

Microsoft’s once-prosperous in-game advertising outfit Massive Inc has, as had been rumoured, closed down, the publisher has confirmed. Having initially bought the group for an estimated $200-400 million, Microsoft will now move Massive’s operations in-house. The announcement that a small” number of staff will be retained was the only signal …

Adobe’s Flash player and browser plugin has been removed from all new Apple products, effective as of this past Saturday. As noted by The Guardian, Adobe software will now require user downloads with each new Apple machine, without the ‘click to install’ prompt that explains why video animations or games …

Unprecedented acquisition spree shows no signs of slowing

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood doesn’t just mark the return of Ubi’s tentpole series next month – it sees the publisher renew efforts around online gaming. As well as featuring co-op and versus multiplayer, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot says the game helps the firm beef up its strategy around map packs and …

When Rob Salter joined Tesco in 2008 he was in for a shock. The firm’s new entertainment category director expected Tesco – with its 2,500 UK shops and millions of customers – to be one of the most desirable retailers out there. But for the games industry, that just wasn’t …

When Rob salter joined Tesco in 2008 he was in for a shock. The firm’s new entertainment category director expected Tesco – with its 2,500 UK shops and millions of customers – to be one of the most desirable retailers out there. But for the games industry, that just wasn’t …

London studio survives closure threat; â??30 staffâ?? made redundant

Nintendo has announced that it has sold a total of 65.3m Wii Remote controllers since launch in the US alone. This averages out as 46k sales per day. Specifically, NPD data shows that 30.41m have been sold alongside Wii hardware, 12.92m have been sold with Wii Play while 18.56m stand …

Original IP owners describe heated relationship with Fallout 3 studio