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ASUS slapped with antitrust fine for price fixing

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Asus has been slapped with a hefty fine by the European Commission after the company was revealed to be engaged in online price fixing, a breach of European Antitrust law. Asus picked up a fine for over €63 million, while PCGN reports Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer were also …

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Sega’s Andy Parton: ‘This isn’t a particularly secure industry; redundancies are an unfortunate way of life.’

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Andy Parton recently joined Sega Amusements as lead developer, developing arcade machines for Sega themselves. We chat to him about the new role.  Congratulations on the amazing new job! What inspired you about Sega Amusements to come and join them? It’s every game programmer’s dream, at least from my generation, …

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Ravi Vijh: We need to talk about influencers

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Ravi Vijh is account director at Bastion, a PR agency that has been ‘briefing and steering’ in games for 25 years. We need to talk about influencers. More specifically, we need to talk about how influencers have become a key sector in the make-up of modern media and – usually …

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Develop: Brighton sees record 2,369 attendees for 2018 event

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Develop:Brighton has announced record attendance figures for Develop:Brighton’s 2019 iteration, with 2,369 attendees over three days at Brighton’s Hilton Metropole hotel. This is a nine per cent increase, year on year, in attendance for the Brighton games event. “I’d like to thank all our speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and attendees for …

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David Howard takes the GAME reins as UK MD

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UK retail and event outfit GAME has shuffled its senior management team, with several senior departures as David Howard moves from UK retail and property director to the role of UK managing director. This news comes from GamesIndustry.Biz, who dug into the story. Howard will now oversee all commercial and …

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