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Absence of a Standard Industrial Classification leaving Ministers out the loop?

Sega has announced the highly anticipated action title Bayonetta will be released in the UK on January 8th. In a statement, the publisher proudly declared the game would be the first genuine triple-A title of 2010” for Xbox 360 and PS3. Sega America and Sega Europe CEO Mike Hayes said: …

The final winners of the 27th Annual Golden Joysticks Awards have just been announced at the currently ongoing London gathering, and the two big victors are Bethesda’s Fallout 3 and Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War. Both title’s managed to scoop two awards – in Fallout 3’s case …

Tiga and NESTA back call for support

Microsoft is planning to make lots of noise about its recently released (though temporarily troubled) Xbox 360 Sky Player service – but the signs are that PS3 owners may soon be getting some of the action, too. Speaking to VideoGamer, Sky’s director of On Demand Griff Parry said of PS3 …

It’s been a huge success on Xbox 360 and was recently confirmed for the PS3 and now movie rental service Netflix is reportedly lining up a debut on Nintendo’s Wii console. The rumours come courtesy of Business Insider, which has published claims from analyst Dan Rayburn that Nintendo is currently …

As part of today’s financial report, Sony has confirmed that since the launch of the PS3 its PlayStation operations have lost a total of $4.965bn For its 2007 financial year – the period that followed the launch of PS3 – losses for Sony’s PlayStation operations hit $1.97bn. Despite falls over …

Universities praise solution provider's project management tech

UK video games industry charity body GamesAid has announced the results of its vote on which charities are to receive at least 11,000 in funding as a result of its recent fundraising activities. Five organisations have been named – the Royal Hospital for Neuro Disability, The Willow Foundation, Action for …

AUDIO SPECIAL: A look at the film industry's interest in recruiting game audio experts