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The UK game industry is 96 per cent male dominated, new data suggests. A study undertaken by the University of Liverpool concludes that females take up just four per cent of the British industry workforce – eight per cent lower than the results of a similar survey taken in 2006. …

Katamari Damacy maestro Keita Takahashi has walked out on his publishing partner Namco Bandai, the company has confirmed to play.tm. Takahashi – a widely revered game designer routinely praised for not buying into the big business that drives the industry – may now be departing from game design for good. …

A new site hosted by iconic Sony marketer Kevin Butler has dished out a number of comical digs to rival motion systems Wii and, in particular Kinect. Called Move vs Stuff, the site’s front page carries a chart (pictured in full below) pointing out that PlayStation move includes a number …

The director general of The Confederation of British Industry has praised UKIE’s ambitions and said that the games industry is in prime position to take charge of the UK’s creative industries sector. We welcome the arrival of UKIE with its plans not only for boosting and expanding the interactive entertainment …

Microsoft has confirmed a new game from Dr Kawashima will be available when Kinect launches in Japan on November 20th. The game will be published by Namco Bandai, and is currently titled Lead: New Brain Training Where You Answer With Your Body. As you would expect, in-game exercises are overseen …

UK video games trade body UKIE, formerly known as ELSPA, was finally ushered into life last night – and you can watch the video showed at its launch event right here. I’m delighted that ELSPA is morphing into UKIE,” minister for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport Ed Vaizey …

Perpetually want-away creative may have left game design for good

Capcom’s Dead Rising: Case Zero has been played by over 300,000 consumers after only a week on sale. The downloadable prequel to the highly anticipated Dead Rising 2 has already seen over 328,290 entries appear on its public leaderboards, according to Gamasutra. Case Zero gives players the chance to try …

Beautiful Game Studios doesnâ??t think boxed copy on PC is going to last much longer