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Sony has announced promotions for two of its senior Worldwide Studios executives, naming new heads for its European and American studio operations. Michael Denny and Scott Rohde have stepped up to become WWS region heads for Europe and America, respectively. Head over to our sister site Develop for more.

Near London uses Qube's tech to achieve highest-ever accuracy model of central London

Michael Denny and Scott Rohde step up to take senior roles overseeing each region

British newspaper's Monday editorial warns of 'Grand Theft Industry' if authorities don't act

Co-founders of Codemasters, David and Richard Darling, recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours

Games Investor Consulting's Rick Gibson, a member of the Games Up steering committee, runs through the reasoning behind the new campaignâ??s call for better support of the UK games industry by the Government and how it can help your games businessâ?¦

It's a tough game engine market out there, with heavyweight engines from Epic and Emergent hogging the limelight. Working in the shadows is Vicious Cycle and, as CEO and president Eric Peterson tells us, it's not just the big boys that can develop games and engines at the same time...

John Broomhall talks to Backboneâ??s lead sound designer, Yannis Brownâ?¦

THQ and Sega impressed its retail and distribution partners across PAL territories last week, with a perfectly executed trade conference comprising over 400 delegates. Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural event in Malta, the two games giants joined forces in Lisbon to show off their range of …

GAME’s share price dropped by over 10p today, as a prominent City analyst predicted a ‘downturn’ for the buoyant UK market. GAME’s stock dropped by 4.13 per cent, down 11.75 pence, prompting Investec’s Natalia Marisova to paint a gloomy picture of the industry’s near future. She wrote: ‘Growth and performance …