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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 …

After a bold debut 12 months ago, new publisher Gamecock â?? founded by former Gathering of Developer bosses and boasting better deals for developers â?? has powered up its strategy, expanding into the UK and Europe and hunting for new IPs to publish. We spoke to CEO Mike Wilsonâ?¦

In the wake of EA’s shock announcement of its move to acquire Rockstar owner Take Two, Wedbush Morgan Analyst Michael Pachter has stated that, in his opinion, the deal is now inevitable. We think that EA has two choices – beat ‘em or join ‘em,” he said. They are attempting …

We disagree with both thoughts. In our view, EA is serious when it said that it reserves to withdraw its offer, and that Take-Two will not be worth as much in the future as it is today. As we consider the possible benefits to EA from a combination, it is …