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One of the leaders in digital distribution for games is the Steam service from independent developer Valve, creator of Half-Life and Left4Dead. Michael French speaks to director of business development Jason Holtman about the interplay between physical and digital – and the contentious issue of a download chart… What impact …

UK developer will use NaturalMotionâ??s animation middleware on a long-term basis

First game was an 'astonishing experience' for Ubi producer Puel

Tesco’s promising finacial results have been met with lukewarm reception, resulting in a sharp drop in shares. Shares fell 3.9p to 387.5p as its results were announced, with investors concerned with weaker then expected sales growth in the second quarter. At first glance, Tesco’s results look promising, but scratch beneath …

Tesco has reported solid results for the first half of the financial year, including a 14 per cent growth in profits. In the 26 weeks ended August 29th, the Group’s trading profits rose to 1,551 million, or 1,419 million before tax. The supermarket also recorded 30.4 billion worth of sales, …

New trademark registration for â??The Ripperâ??

Bright Light studio boss to address pigeonholing of casual sector

Business Week has crowned Nintendo as the greatest company on Earth today in an annual poll. The platform holder finished ahead of Google and Apple in the table, which measures factors including sales growth rate and rises of market capitalisation. The business weekly says the table reflects: ‘commitment to innovation, …

Adobe's new App Store support to bring Flash gaming to Apple platforms

ELSPA has told MCV that its visits to the annual conferences of the UK’s three biggest political parties is a litmus test on how far the industry has come”. The publishers’ body attended the Liberal Democrats conference in Bournemouth last month, and showed off video games including Wii Sports Resort …