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HMV has appointed Gerry Johnson as executive director with immediate effect. We are delighted to welcome Gerry Johnson as a new executive director,” said Carl Symon, chairman of HMV. Gerry has led the Waterstones team through the successful integration of Ottakars, and the continuing re- shaping of our books business. …

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Develop Award-winning team to follow up Star Wars work with new Lucas title

EA’s Chicago team will be producing a new game based on Marvel’s comicbook characters, reports MCV’s sister site Develop. The new super hero fighting game will be developed for PS3 and Xbox 360 and released next year. EA Chicago is best known for its Fight Night games and recent title …

MCV sister site Develop reports that after much speculation, David Jaffe has left Sony Computer Entertainment America’s Santa Monica Studios to form Eat, Sleep, Play with Incognito founder Scott Campbell – and has immediately secured exclusive development deal with SCEA. The pair, who previously worked together on the Twisted Metal …

Seemingly not content with bossing the UK charts, Nintendo is also performing well in both Germany and Spain – and it’s new DS title More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima that’s proving to be the star performer. The brain-twisting sequel tops the All Formats charts in both territories – whilst …