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UK-based publisher O-Games has announced two key additions to its team ahead of the release of John Daly’s ProStroke Golf. Tina Moore joins the firm as a consultant and will be responsible for the marketing strategy behind O-Games’ key releases. She has previously held senior positions at Sega, Ubisoft, Take-Two …

Some highly regarded and popular names in games marketing and PR have taken up new roles. Activision’s senior brand manager Gary Sims – who has worked on Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk and Blur, has left the publisher to join toy specialist Hasbro. In his new role Sims will be working …

Dead Rising 2 studio to become Capcom Games Studio Vancouver

Helgason praises Appleâ??s new moves to help developers

A far-reaching search for new video and writing talent is about to begin. IGN’s newest recruitment drive will kick off next month a special competition designed to find undiscovered personalities that will boost its UK team. Most notably, the company is looking for headline presenters – both male and female …

Retailer Zavvi will be the exclusive stockist of the Limited Edition version of Sega’s futuristic console shooter Vanquish. Currently available to pre-order at 54.95 (though the site claims the SKU carries an RRP of 69.99), the bundle includes the game as well as a packaged seven-inch figurine of lead protagonist …

Martin de Ronde and Michiel Mol launch social and online group Vanguard

Halo: Reach has only been on the shelves for a day, but it is already rewriting the series’ achievements. Bungie has announced more consumers have been playing Reach online simultaneously than 2007’s Halo 3. The developer’s Twitter post said: Reach already surpassed the all-time highest record for Halo 3 concurrent …

Creative director Jason Kapalka says he's been misquoted

The co-creator of Sega’s popular Sonic the Hedgehog franchise will make an appearance at this year’s London Games Festival. Yuji Naka will present his new Wii and DS platformer Ivy the Kiwi to press and the public on behalf of publisher Rising Star Games. A confirmed date has not yet …