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First Kuju outfit outside of the UK will be focused on casual games and headed by former Eidos exec John Kavanagh

Are the January blues still bringing you down? Could you do with a change of environment? More money? New colleagues? Whenever you’re ready, you’ll find the best list of new jobs in games at Mcvuk.com. This week, Gem-owned peripherals expert Exspect is looking to recruit two new product managers at …

Eidos to publish studio's Monster Lab, once described as 'Pokemon meets Tim Burton', on DS and Wii later this year

Dyack talks up plans to add 80 staff to 165-strong operation as Niagara opens game incubator

Girl Gamer is an extension of Future’s Official Nintendo Magazine, and will be included free with Easter issues of Panini’s monthly title Bliss and fortnightly publication Mizz. The second issue will focus on DS and Wii titles, and follows the success of the first magazine. It boasts a print run …

SPECIAL FEATURE: Lionhead's Molyneux, Rare GM and others discuss state of the UK industry

Sony and Activision bosses unsure platform can bankroll video games

Several games to be spun out of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi saga

Next-gen has reports that the Brain Training phenomenon continues to sweep across the globe – claiming the number one spots in both the Spanish and German charts. The listings, courtesy of MC-GfK, run as follows:Spain 1. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (DS)2. Big Brain Academy (Wii)3. Assassin’s Creed (PS3)4. …

Sony’s Howard Stringer and Activision’s Bobby Kotick have both said they are unsure whether video games can be fully sustained by in-game advertising. The news comes after EA announced it was to make its new Battlefield game available for free on the internet – and was financially supporting it through …