Global retailer EB Games is to throw its weight behind the drive to legalise violent games in Australia by promoting awareness of the campaign in its many stores across the territory. Due to the way the Australian regulators are structured, the highest certificate currently available for video games is M15+, …

Sizable legal fees tops up costs in MumboJumbo case

A judge has topped up PopCap’s damages and fees payable to casual rival MumboJumbo, adding $2.7 million in legal fees to the $4.6 million damages awarded last week, following a jury verdict. Following a hearing in the 193rd Civil District Court inDallas County, JudgeCarl Ginsbergsaid he would enter an order …

Bigben has announced it is returning to the UK following its split with former distribution partner Venom. The French peripherals manufacturer and software publisher will now launch its products in the UK itself. Only a selection of its games are currently available in the UK – including My Body Coach …

Koch Media wants to be a global games force, with US success the vital next step for the firm. Deep Silver – Koch’s publishing label – has teamed up with SouthPeak Games to help boost its presence in North America. The US firm will work with Koch on marketing, retail …

EA’s FIFA 10 will take centre stage at a number of key Carphone Warehouse stores in two weeks time as the retailer kicks off its nationwide ‘Supreme Gamer’ tournament. 32 people from each of the supported areas (Manchester, Ipswich, Exeter, Cardiff, Salisbury, Oxford, Brighton and Hanley) will be selected from …

Video games retail specialist GAME has announced the appointment of David Mansfield as a non-executive director. He will join the board in April. Mansfield is currently chairman of Radio Joint Audience Research and a director at Ingenious Media. He has previously served stints at Capital Radio. The video games and …

Retail guru Anna Downing has joined Sega as senior product manager. Downing has worked in games retail for almost ten years in a variety of buying and marketing roles. Most recently she was product marketing manager at GAME, a position she took when Gamestation’s York head office merged with GAME’s …

The Doctor isn’t the only one being lined up for the video games treatment – another BBC Saturday night TV show could become a game this year as well. Rights-holder and production house FremantleMedia is on the hunt for partners to create a game based on fantasy drama Merlin. The …

MCV unveiled BBC Worldwide’s plans to re-establish the broadcaster’s games interests last week. Here, Michael French speaks to the firm’s children’s and licensing head Neil Ross Russell and multimedia development head Dave Anderson to find out more… It’s not often that companies in the games space get a second chance. …