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But it happened last week, and has placed GAME Group on the same playing field as the UK’s army of indies, many of whom ditched official channels in favour of snapping up supplies from supermarkets long ago. And if some of the comments on our site are to be believed, …

Our latest round-up surveys the rapidly growing field of UI tech

It reads like something from an independent retailer’s fantasy. With relations between EUK and the publishing community allegedly beginning to falter , could supermarkets really end up with no video games stock this Christmas? One thing’s for sure: Following the credit insurers’ decision to halt cover on games handled by …

SCE UK has announced the dates for its key November releases for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and PSP. Key PS3 title SingStar Vol. 3 joins Motorstorm 2 on November 14th, whilst highly anticipated first person shooter Resistance 2 is due out on November 28th. The platform holder has also announced …

Ahead of the European release of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 this Friday, the series’ legendary creator Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka has expressed his admiration for the game engine EA has developed for its FIFA series. When asked by CVG if he would consider using EA’s game engine if given the …

Activision has appointed former Macy’s VP Brad Jakeman as its new chief creative officer. Jakeman will join Activision in early November in the newly-created position. Before Macy’s, he spent eight years as managing director of global advertising at Citigroup. At Activision, Jakeman will be responsible for leading global advertising, media, …

Co-founder of Brash Entertainment, Thomas Tull has quit the publisher – joining two fellow high profile execs in leaving the firm. COO Larry Shapiro and president and co-founder Longano both quit the business earlier this year, according to Variety. According to the movie news source, Tull was believed to be …

In a few short years, the game UI market has consolidating to offer standardised tools at a reasonable price. Develop asks: Who says capitalism doesnâ??t work?â?¦

The Games Up campaign has filed its data with the Government pushing forward the case for a UK games industry tax break - and we've got the full report available to read here online. Part one offers an executive summary of the results of the researchâ?¦

The Games Up campaign has filed its data with the Government pushing forward the case for a UK games industry tax break - and we've got the full report available to read here online. Part one looks at the development sector's employment recordâ?¦