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Ahead of the release of its upcoming quarterly report, publisher Activision Blizzard has said that net revenues are likely to be in excess of the $860m it had previously predicted. As a result, it now forecasts net revenues of $4.2bn for the full fiscal year. Global consumer response to the …

Acquisition sparks lawsuit over publisherâ??s DJ Hero game

Children’s electronics specialist LeapFrog has launched the first of what is expected to be many edutainment titles for Apple’s iPhone, marking its first foray into the mainstream games market. Click here to read the full story on CasualGaming.biz.

Apple details top 20 free and paid-for applications

Engine developer's CEO to talk 'next century middleware'

The UK High Street suffered a like-for-like sales decline of 0.7 per cent in Q1 and 1.2 per cent in March, the latest figures from the British retail Consortium reveal. Retail Week reports, however, that total sales grew 1.2 per cent year-on-year, with March number’s climbing by 0.6 per cent. …

Think services responds to China Game Publishers Association press release

PC ownership in the UK had hit 70 per cent by 2007, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics. According to the ONS’ Social Trends report, released yesterday, ownership of home computers rose from 29 per cent in 1998 to 70 per cent in 2007. Click …

Leading MMO developer Blizzard has struck a deal with NetEase that will see the Chinese firm handle the studio’s MMO offerings in the region for three years. The pair had previously announced an agreement for servicing rights on both Starcraft II and Battle.net, but this new deal will see MMO …

There is an old saying that If you’re lucky enough to be Irish, then you’re lucky enough.” Well, I was not just lucky to know Uncle Frank, I was privileged and honoured to have known the man for over 23 years. I say man because he embodied everything that we …