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The Brit behind one of the largest kids games sites in the world says the industry is short on business heroes. Michael Acton Smith, CEO of Moshi Monsters creator Mind Candy, says too little is being done to inspire the gaming entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Virtual pet and online game Moshi …

Wave of reinforcements for the military shooter studio

Industry charity GamesAid has revealed the named of the eight charities that have made it to the final shortlist for support in 2011. A final round of voting will now take place to choose five of the organisations, each of whom will go on to be GamesAid’s official beneficiaries throughout …

Developer Zipper Interactive has confirmed that a patch has been released that introduces full Move compatibility to its PS3 exclusive shooter MAG. Bringing motion control to key core gamer titles is an important step in Move’s market development, and while MAG was not the biggest seller in Europe it’s still …

Kinect’s launch line-up provides no foretoken to the wild ideas that the peripheral will provide in the future, a tech executive at Rare believes. Nick Burton admitted that Kinect’s software launch line-up has an understandable air of predictability – with its sports and family titles – but insisted the tech …

AUDIO SPECIAL: Multimedia composer Ian Livingstone has been creating game audio since 1994, we explore his career so far

UK base for the Second Life business almost certain to have closed weeks ago

A new game based on events surrounding the Berlin Wall is attracting the wrong kind of media attention. Called 1378 (taken from the Wall’s total length 1378km), it sees players assume the role of either an East German border guard or a refugee fleeing the communist country. It’s due for …

An open letter from Ian Livingstone calls on the games industry workforce to tell government the skills it needs

NESTA and Skillsetâ??s independent review aims to bolster UKâ??s position as a destination for talent