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The Hut and Incomm have joined IGN, Screen Digest and ELSPA in backing the UK’s biggest games industry conference. Following on from last year’s enormous success, the London Games Conference is focusing on shifts in revenue streams. Special attention will be paid to the impact of digital distribution, multi-player online …

The Conduit studio reduces headcount by at least 20 following difficult release

Football superstars Wayne Rooney and Kaka will headline FIFA 11’s arrival on October 1st. The Manchester United and Real Madrid stars will grace the cover, and team up with other global players for a TV ad that will begin airing in September. Kaka is the global face of the game, …

Dare to be Digital 2010 team That Game Studio talks exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title Twang!

Black Rock on avoiding the â??audio overloadâ?? typical of the racing genre

Kinect and Move might herald a new era for peripherals and accessories firms. Companies such as Exspect, Venom, Pinpoint and Hubb are planning to refresh their ranges to fit the new Microsoft and Sony devices. E3 opened up a whole new world of possibilities for accessories,” Venom’s business development manager …

Publisher PQube has signed up with Slitherine to launch History Great Battles Medieval in the UK. The strategy RPG is set to launch for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this September and is the sequel to the 2007 title History Great Battles of Rome. Slitherine chairman JD McNeil said: We …

The fast-growing retail chain that sprang up following the collapse of Woolworths opens its 11th store next month. Alworths, which sells games and DVDs plus homeware and more, celebrates the opening of its Llandudno, Wales shop on August 13th. The store will occupy the unit left vacant by the town’s …

NEW on-site festival shops appeared at Lovebox last weekend courtesy of HMV. The temporary store sold a range of festival essentials, games, DVDs and CDs. And now the firm is taking the tent-style shop to other festivals, including the High Voltage rock festival and the Global Gathering. HMV might even …

Casual games specialist PopCap has announced that Rick Fox has become the seventh member of its board of directors. We’re very happy to have Rick join our board of directors, where his decades of entrepreneurial and technology industry leadership will help us take PopCap to the next level,” PopCap CEO …