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Flagship founder to serve as design director at MMO firm

It seems that leading US electronics retailer Circuit City is set to close 155 of its stores, according to tech blog Engadget . The site quotes an insider as saying: I’m an employee at Circuit City and today there was a mandatory store meeting for the holiday season and to …

GamesAid, on behalf of the Entertainment Software Charity, has announced that benevolent donations from the games industry in support of the Paddington Academy have reached 1 million – following a new payment of 214,000. The video games industry adopted The Paddington Academy back in 2005 due to its focus on …

This was the nadir of a confused ELSPA policy to control and own as many industry events as possible. But thanks to London Games Festival, the BAFTAs and a refreshed trade body that would rather focus on more important things, London is fighting back. Indeed, it is leading the way …

The sequel to EA’s successful new skateboarding IP Skate is set to be released in January 2009, according to IGN . The site reports: Today we received boxed retail copies of Mirror’s Edge in the office. Our full review of the game is embargoed for a couple weeks, but that …

Alex St. John replaced as CEO; around 20 staff let go

Admittedly, it was a given that titles like Dead Space and Mirror’s Edge were going to get sequels, but EA boss John Riccitiello has in an investor call spoken publicly about the projects for the first time – though he has also insisted that EA will not force an annual …

Grab your diary and pencil it in – the 2009 Develop Conference and Expo will take place from July 14th to 16th in Brighton. Back for its fourth year, the event will once again bring together the cream of the international development community for three days of learning, inspiration, networking …

With Microsoft having recently driven down the cost of its Xbox 360 SKU range, meaning that both the Arcade and Premium bundles are now cheaper than the Wii in the UK, the firm has stated that consumers should not expect further price movement for quite some time. Speaking to Videogamer, …

EA’s Spore might have been getting some love from US magazine Time , but fellow mag Fortune has seen fit to include the title in its list of ‘9 top tech flops’ for this Christmas. Other gaming companies mentioned include Microsoft and Sony, though not for their gaming output – …