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Online and mobile games firm Zattikka has raised $5.5 million in funding through its parent company Expedite 5. Led by Notion Capital and a group of private individuals including Harald Ludwig, co-chair of Lionsgate Entertainment, the investment will be used to bolster Zattikka’s efforts with regard to recruitment, R&D and …

Games for the Xbox 360 Kinect controller will be priced slightly cheaper than ‘core’ games, Microsoft has confirmed. Yesterday, the format-holder announced that it will be offering the standalone camera device for 129.99 bundled with Kinect Adventures – a price many see as costly compared to the price of the …

The likes of EA, Sony and Take-Two had plenty of reasons to cheer. Traditional game sales are actually on the increase. And gamers, your customers, have been spoilt by a great line-up of titles, from Heavy Rain to Super Mario Galaxy 2, BioShock 2 to Red Dead Redemption. In fact, …

More politicians are throwing their support behind ELSPA and TIGA’s joint-decision to unite in a new push for game tax breaks. Just hours after Labour MP Tom Watson called the move a significant partnership”, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has come out in support of the TIGA/ELSPA partnership. Taking time out …

Labour MP Tom Watson has publicly backed the newly announced ‘tax break partnership‘ between trade groups TIGA and ELSPA. Speaking to Develop, Watson said the move will give coherence and strength to the argument” for developers to receive tax breaks on games production in the UK. He added that the …

Britain’s two pivotal game trade associations are to team up in a bid to breathe new life into the campaign for game tax breaks. Both TIGA and ELSPA have formed a Steering Committee – purpose built for the UK tax relief campaign. An official statement read: The committee will address …

Sony announced a range of new Cyber-shot compact cameras which it claims are the first that can capture panoramic shots in 3D. The new Cyber-shot cameras don’t have two sensors, as one might expect of a 3D camera, but rather capture several images as the photographer moves the camera position …

NewsCorp’s slow but inevitable move into direct games production continues to gather pace – it’s digital division has hired a boss for its new games unit. US online service and social network expert Sean Ryan has become exec vice president and general manager at NewsCorp Digital Games. He’s got a …

Indian games giant Gameshastra has established a foothold in Europe with a new office in London. The European team is headed up by industry veteran Martin Ogden and will help the firm expand its digital publishing and outsource services on an international scale. We’re really looking to establish ourselves in …

The idea of what a ‘gamer’ does with their spare time is rapidly changing, according to research from ELSPA/ISFE. So much so that it turns out that most gamers don’t plough hours of time into games, with 76 per cent of European gamers playing less than five hours. Only a …