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HMV is offering 1,000 free Live Points to anyone who pre-orders Lost Odyssey before its Friday release. 1,000 points roughly equates to 8.50 and can be used to download software from Xbox Live Arcade. HMV is selling the game for 39.99. Lost Odyssey is the latest game from Hironobu Sakaguchi’s …

Neil Young-headed division looking to create low-cost cross-media new IP

Web games based on Deal or No Deal and 1 vs 100 in development

GAME’s two most senior management members, Lisa Morgan and David Thomas, have sold over 5 million of stock between them. The news has influenced the retailer’s share price to fall by 14 per cent today, down to 192.75p. A GAME spokesperson told MCV: "Lisa and David could not trade shares …

Games industry singled out to benefit from new Government commitments

New cross-platform engine from Virtools makers

CEO Wilson speaks out against master-slave relationship between publishers and studios

GDC version of B2B networking event hailed a success

Scholarship and paid internships aim to redress gender imbalance

The British Government has launched its new strategy paper: Creative Britain: New Talents for a New Economy. The new strategy has been announced by the secretary of state for culture media and sport, Andy Burnham, and is designed to research the economic benefits of the creative industries and raise awareness …