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A brand new Michael Jackson game seems very much on the cards after news that Sony has swooped to secure a seven-year deal for the rights to release video games based on the late King of Pop. The Independent reports that the $200m deal gives Sony the rights to release …

New measures to introduce game development tax breaks will give Britain 3,550 graduate-level jobs. That’s according to Tiga, the game industry association which spearheaded the UK’s push for state tax aid. Providing the next government follows Tiga’s guidelines, it is claimed that tax breaks will create or save 3,550 graduate …

Infinity Ward has released the first video of the highly anticipated Stimulus Package – the first DLC for the record-breaking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The download includes three brand new multiplayer maps – Bailout, Storm and Salvage – as well as re-workings of two classic Call of Duty …

The Internet Advertising Bureau has formed a new video games steering group that hopes to drive growth in internet advertising within the sector and to establish a code of best practise within the industry. Companies already involved in the scheme include Microsoft, SCEE and EA, according to NewMediaAge. Gaming is …

Games, at the most basic level, are meant to be fun – and industry legend and head of Nintendo development Shigeru Miyamoto has admitted that the company’s games output last year was simply not fun enough. The fact that in 2009 we were not able to sell more than we …

Tim Langdell’s confrontational use of the Edge trademark may be coming to an end, marking the end of one of the most popular legal tirades the games industry has ever experienced. A new legal document in circulation suggests that the Edge Games boss will likely lose trademark protection on the …

Though we’re yet to learn the specifics of how exactly the government’s promised video games tax breaks will take shape, Eidos life president Ian Livingstone has praised Chancellor Darling’s decision to heed the industry’s calls. I’m excited to hear the government has listened to our calls for tax relief,” he …

The UK government has issued a statement regarding its pivotal decision to incorporate a tax break system into the UK game industry. Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said: "The new tax relief scheme will help Britain remain a world-leader in this important industry. Video games generate 2 billion in retail sales …

Today marked the launch of Microsoft’s Arcade service Game Room, but the new service has been plagued by bugs effecting players’ experience of the virtual arcade. A number of titles in the Games Room were afflicted by the problems, which caused the effected titles to crash at the loading screen. …

Chancellor Alistair Darling’s pledge to support the video games development industry with tax breaks could do more than simply protect the future of the UK dev sector – it could also have dictated the setting of the next Grand Theft Auto. Though the exact criteria of the tax break requirements …