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The UK games market’s weekly value has fallen to its lowest point in years, according to GfK Chart-Track. Last week the games market was worth 13.5 million, a 24 per cent drop compared to the week before. Unit sales also fell heavily, down 21 per cent to 650,382 games sold. …

New system allows for premium titles to be embedded anywhere online

Rockstarâ??s tale of a Serb-Croatâ??s American Dream could have qualified for UK tax breaks

Goliath of online gaming the star of two industry leading conferences

eLearning conference rallies experts to Scotland

Activision has announced that its next Call of Duty game will hit shelves November 9th, 2010. The new title is called Call of Duty: Black Ops, and a teaser website has gone live here. The new game is being developed by Call of Duty: World at War developer, Treyarch. No …

As the Toriesâ?? promise of a pre-election game manifesto looks increasingly doubtful

Limited launch set to gauge international desire for streaming service

Activision Publishing’s chief operating officer Thomas Tippl has promised that developer Treyarch will push the next Call of Duty’s quality beyond that seen in previous iterations of the series. The statement comes in the build up to this evening’s official unveiling of details of the game’s content and setting. Tomorrow …

Games Investor Consulting director Rick Gibson explores business in the new net age