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Director General of ELSPA Michael Rawlinson today called on the Government to encourage more young people into science and maths degrees to maintain Britain’s leading position in the digital economy. Rawlinson addressed the Westminster Media Forum’s seminar, Priorities for Digital Britain, this afternoon – focusing on the future role of …

Wii owners were forced to wait over five months for 2008’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 to make the move from Xbox 360, PS3 and PC to their platform, but Konami has stated that the Wii version of PES 2010 will be out this autumn. Though the game won’t match the …

Online monetization firm PlaySpan has announced that a new code card range in conjunction with PBS Kids Play called Ultimate Game Card that will be stocked in over 800 of the toy firm’s stores across North America. The cards can be used to pay for online subscriptions to PBSkids.org, a …

As a platform holder, does having PEGI as the UK’s single classification make you more confident that less games will reach an inappropriate audience? The beauty of having one standard that has cross industry support is that it will make it easier for publishers and retailers to help educate parents …

Councilors claim city is 'leading catalyst' for development in UK and plans to grow it further

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Mobile games firm Glu has been dealt a blow with the news that president and CEO Greg Ballard has resigned, though the exec will remain at his post until a successor can be appointed.
 After six years, I have decided the timing is right to look for a new challenge,” …

Publisher EA is to take its football management series online with the news that PC title Football Manager 10 will for the first time include both online and LAN multiplayer. Online functionality is just one of many enhancements on the way for the title. Deeper AI and player development options …

The creators of MoiPoi profiled

Title to be digitally distributed, powered by Unreal Engine 3