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Electronic Arts has named Geraldine Laybourne as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Laybourne is the founder of Oxygen Media – a television network launched in 2000 targeted at younger women – where she served as chairman and chief executive officer until 2007. She also served as president …

Peter Silver Assistant Sales Manager, D3PE Peter Silver graduated in Media Studies and worked in various sales roles outside the industry before joining D3P in 2007. Since then he has managed D3P’s business in a diverse portfolio of accounts and territories ranging from Gamestation to HMV and Russia to Australia. …

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has talked for the first time about what led to the company dropping ex-Vivendi franchises such as Ghostbusters and 50 Cent: and blamed a less than tolerant” retail environment. Speaking in the company’s earning call following the announcement of its Q3 fiscal results, Kotick was …

Activision-Blizzard’s earnings call following its Q3 results has certainly raised some eyebrows online. You can read the full transcript here, with CEO Bobby Kotick, CFO Thomas Tippl and more top execs answering tough questions from investors.

Activision-Blizzard has reported a $108 million loss for its third quarter – whilst besting its revenue guidance by just under 100m. The company blamed the loss on charges related to its merger. Without those charges, the company earned 7 cents a share while analysts expected 4 cents. Adjusted revenue was …

The GAME Group’s share price jumped by over 11 per cent today at the last trade. According to Reuters, the stock increased to a day high of 152.25p, after opening at 132.5p. At the last count, the price stood at 144.5p. The news comes a day after Marks & Spencer …

Video games have been linked to aggression in the young in a new comparative studies from the US and Japan. According to The Telegraph (in a story also reported in worldwide news outlets such as CNN and Fox News) the results, which were published in this month’s journal Pediatrics, showed …

Were you surprised by your win? Steve Boxer: We’re all very chuffed to receive the vindication of being voted best newspaper for games coverage at the GMAs for the second year in succession: massive thanks to everybody who voted for us. Keith Stuart: We were delighted, but without sounding too …

GamesAid, on behalf of the Entertainment Software Charity, has announced that benevolent donations from the games industry in support of the Paddington Academy have reached 1 million – following a new payment of 214,000. The video games industry adopted The Paddington Academy back in 2005 due to its focus on …

This was the nadir of a confused ELSPA policy to control and own as many industry events as possible. But thanks to London Games Festival, the BAFTAs and a refreshed trade body that would rather focus on more important things, London is fighting back. Indeed, it is leading the way …