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The Government has passed a bill that could class video game PR launches and goodies as ‘bribes’. Section 7 will create a new offence next spring that charges firms failing to prevent bribery with an unlimited fine or up to ten years imprisonment. However, the industry’s leading press officers say …

Plans for the UK games industry’s fourth week-long celebration of video games are starting to shape up. This year’s London Games Festival will kick off with a high-profile opening ceremony at Earls Court on September 30th, and for the next month take in a raft of industry events – culminating …

American retailer Target is to join the likes of Best Buy, Walmart, 7-Eleven and Toys R Us in offering shoppers the chance to trade in their old games and consoles for in-store credit. Its pre-owned scheme was yesterday debuted in Northern California and is expected to be rolled out to …

Former SCEE boss Chris Deering says to keep an eye on Android's large-screen eventuality

"Ignore these new formats at your peril." That was the warning from former SCEE boss and Codemasters chairman Chris Deering today as he opened Edinburgh Interactive with a brief run-through of the ‘treacherous’ challenges the industry faces – and how moving online business models to mobile platforms will help get …

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Project director of the successful RPG-shooter set for game design lecture

Having opened up the world of iPhone jailbreaking to a whole new audience earlier this month, Dev-Team has confirmed that it will not be releasing an updated version designed to work with the latest 4.0.2 iPhone firmware. Currently the jamilbreakme.com hack works with all firmware up to 4.1. All a …

The team behind Bravo TV show GameFace plan to launch their new UK channel dedicated entirely to games reviews this November. Confirmed today at the Edinburgh Interactive festival, Ginx will run on satellite and cable TV and will be aimed at mass-market consumers. Ginx told MCV a year ago that …

3D has become crucial to Sony’s global plans, and the firm has offered to help the games industry keep pace. SCE CEO Kaz Hirai says PlayStation plays a vital role in the 3D masterplan, which involves almost every part of Sony’s business. In February, the company set up a 3D …