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Apple has announced that its iPad tablet will go on sale in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on 28th May. As previously announced, pre-orders kick off on Monday (10th May). Apple has also confirmed UK pricing for the device. The Wi-Fi only iPad will …

Jamie Macdonald, formerly BAFTA-winning SCEE WWS VP, has been hired as the new Codemasters senior vice president of production following investment in the studio from Reliance Big Entertainment. The move represents part of what Codemasters are calling the building [of a] strategic focus of a future portfolio” for the firm, …

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The monopoly once enjoyed by the likes of GAME and GameStop in the pre-owned market is under threat like never before, and now one analyst has predicted that Wal-Mart in the US will follow Best Buy UK’s lead in introducing a second hand offer in its stores. We had seen …

TIGA CEO Richard Wilson has told Develop that he believes a Hung Parliament, now confirmed as the result of yesterday’s election, may well work in the favour” of the UK games industry. We’ve come such a long way. All the major parties have stated commitments to tax measures to help …

Launch of new Apple platform coming May 28

The BBC believes it can revolutionise the games market with Doctor Who: The Adventure Games. The third-person action PC title is a downloadable free-to-play episodic adventure. But the broadcaster doesn’t believe that giving the game away for free will hurt the games sector, and instead could bring about change for …

Former SCEE London boss takes production management job at UK publisher/developer

President of Lucasarts Darrell Rodriguez has resigned from his position after two years at the studio. Lucasfilm’s Jerry Bowerman has been named as Rodriguez’ temporary replacement. No impact is expected to reach the studio’s development teams or publishing sector. Read the full story on Develop.

Nintendo has announced than five of its titles have surpassed 20 million since the launch of both the Wii and DS. Wii Play has sold the most, with a staggering 27.38 million sales under its belt, according to Kotaku. The combined SKUs of DS title Nintendogs is closest competitor, with …