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Video games body ELSPA has cemented its board line-up for the 12 months ahead, with some new faces joining the industry’s most established faces at the recent AGM. Andy Payne of Mastertronic is set to serve another year as ELSPA chairman, whilst Nintendo’s UK boss David Yarnton remains vice chairman …

95 per cent of Rally Master Pro first-day downloads were illegal

The Conservative Party this afternoon launched its biggest attack yet on the Government for its treatment of the UK games industry. Speaking at London Games Conference at BAFTA, Shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey told a packed room that a Tory Government would extend the remit of the Film Council to …

Mobile games publisher Fishlabs has revealed that its new Rally Master Pro 3D game for iPhone has been hit by a 95% piracy rate on its first day of availability today. That means 95% of the players using the game are doing so from copies that hadn’t been bought in …

Whilst we’re used to aggressive price battles in the software market, hardware prices are typically resilient – which makes the current price war surrounding the upcoming Black Wii all the more surprising. A number of leading online retailers – such as Amazon, Play, ShopTo and GAME – are offering the …

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As much as $250,000 for ideas that become Samsung Apps

Five former high-profile executives from Midway have been found innocent of conspiracy to deceive the public about the health of the fallen company. District Court judge David H. Coar has in the past months been hearing various allegations from out-of-pocket shareholders, who claimed that certain Midway execs knowingly kept them …

Aggrieved shareholders told that the five accused Midway execs were not liable for deception

An ambitious online games retailer believes it will be able to steal considerable” market share from Amazon, Play.com and ShopTo.net this Christmas after a major investment in its site. GameGears.co.uk is eyeing a 2 million turnover for the next calendar year, after striking deals with publishers such as Activision for …