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The UK video games charity for children and young people – GamesAid – has recruited industry veterans Ian Livingstone OBE and Caroline Miller as its new trustees. Both will work alongside GamesAid chairman Andy Payne. He said: We are delighted to have Ian and Caroline on board as GamesAid trustees. …

Apple has sold 1.7 million units of iPhone 4 since it was launched on June 24th, with the company claiming the launch to be the most successful in its history. The official figure comes as no surprise – the iPhone 4 pre-order process was hampered by websites falling over and …

Retailer GAME has denied claims of an ongoing rift with publisher Activision that gossip says has lead to the chain refusing to stock recent releases Singularity and Transformers: War for Cybertron in large numbers. Talk of a dispute between GAME and Activision first emerged earlier this month amidst claims that …

UK group Fish in a Bottle launches its scholastic dog-fighting sim

Apple could be on the cusp of bringing an abrupt end to the ongoing signal strength scandal that has dominated much of the coverage of the iPhone 4. Almost immediately after the launch of the device last Thursday complaints started to emerge claming the phone would drop signal if held …

The 3D engine company develops a resourceful community website

The publishing empire becomes the newest member of TIGA

Publisher Sony has stated that it will likely release further HD remakes of past classics for PS3 in the coming years. The only HD Collections confirmed to date are the already released God of War Collection and the recently announced Sly Cooper Collection, the latter of which will also support …

Danny Bilson, the VP of core games at publisher THQ, has questioned whether the huge costs of TV marketing can still be justified in the increasingly multimedia dominated world of the modern games industry. Publishers such as EA and Ubisoft have in recent times made big-noise about high-profile TV spends …

Rick Gibson on why Appleâ??s U-turn on freemium, in-app purchasing has revitalised the iPhone business