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The UK government has again rejected calls for tax breaks in the game development sector. Making what was clearly a coarse pre-budget speech for tough times, Chancellor Alistair Darling declared that his budget is one that would "secure the [economy’s] recovery and promote long-term growth." But Darling’s pre-budget speech – …

ICE Games have signed a deal with Trinity Mirror Group to provide gaming editorial for the Daily Mirror website. The firm’s Cheats Unlimited website was integrated into the Mirror’s website – which boasts eight million unique users per month – last week. The Mirror deal is part of many exciting …

Zushi Games plans to drive sales for its new DSi puzzle brand Jig-A-Pix with a range of high profile licensing deals. The Jig-A-Pix series is the newest IP from the publisher, and tasks players with rebuilding picture puzzles with the stylus. No less than five entries are due for release …

ELM-Digitalia is working to expand its presence in the UK by promoting its range of Blu-ray repair machines. The company’s Eco series has sold more than 4,000 machines in its home market of Japan and ELM is working hard to raise awareness of the range in order to recreate this …

Final pre-budget report before the election makes no reference to the struggling UK game development sector

A new report entitled Stereoscopic 3D Gaming has predicted that over 40m 3D-capable displays will be installed in households around the world by 2014. Its conclusion is seemingly based on both the fact that 3D films are currently outperforming their 2D variants on a revenue per screen basis and extensive …

Dubbed by BBC Radio 4’s Front Row as the Walt Disney of computer game design”, Nintendo’s legendary developer Shigeru Miyamoto was granted five minutes on the latest edition of the arts interest show. The bulk of the chat was taken up with discussing the increasing convergence between the movie and …

Sports Game Competition to reward winners with cash prizes

Ahead of its release in the territory tomorrow, it has been revealed that the notorious ‘No Russian’ airport massacre level in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been edited for the Japanese release, according to Kotaku. Whilst the level is still included in the release, players will now automatically …

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