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Surprise acquisition sees award-winning tools firm become subsidiary of computing giant

ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has hit out at video games for existing in a ‘moral vacuum’ compared to television drama. According to Broadcast magazine, Grade said that TV could take the moral high ground over games because it enjoyed the ‘framework of a dramatic narrative’. Grade was responding directly …

Having continued to evolve throughout its 23-year history, Gem’s new logo is an indication that the ambitious company has raised its game once again, says managing director Chris Peacock. The logo is only an indicator of the changes that are taking place,” he told MCV. It was important that we …

Program designed to help new studios and service firms

Chief executive of Electronic Arts John Riccitiello has told some of the most powerful luminaries in television that games are no more violent a media than TV programmes. Speaking in a presentation to the Royal Television Society’s Cambridge Convention, Riccitiello said video games were ‘unfairly demonised’ in the press for …

3D scanning firm to address growing Canadian development market

John Riccitiello defends interactive entertainment to Royal Television Society

XNA boss says Microsoft has shown leadership in letting players use game properties in free projects

From October 26th, fans of the mega-selling football franchise will be able to snap up the new version of Pro Evolution Soccer on PS3, Xbox 360, PC, PS2 and mobile, while the PSP and DS versions are to follow in November. The recently revealed Wii version has yet to be …

The administrator of ChoicesUK has confirmed that Blockbuster has bought out 59 of the troubled retailer’s outlets. PricewaterhouseCoopers has revealed that the stores will be rebranded under the Blockbuster name. The sale will secure employment for approximately 450 employees across the UK. However, 80 ChoicesUK stores remain without a buyer …