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Bill Gates announced last week that Microsoft – which he founded and is chairman of – will invest some $147m on growing its business in South Korea. And some of the money will be spent on building a games development studio there, he added. AFP reports that Gates pledged to …

Independent retailers across the UK are finding refuge online, in order to offset pressure from supermarket price cutting, digital downloads and piracy. Alongside an increased online presence, many independents are focusing on their customer service, their range of retro software and console repair services, allowing them to grow in the …

GAMESCom organisers insist that the German games fair fits in with the trade’s preparations for Christmas, despite criticism over its timing. Earlier in the year the German trade association Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware (BIU) and Cologne’s trade fair business Koelnmesse announced that GAMESCom will kick off in September 2009, which drew …

Two thirds of women with access to the internet play casual games, according to a new survey – however, despite the financial potential this emerging sector remains largely untapped. While 70 per cent of women who are aged between 16 and 45 and live in households connected to the internet …

Activision has announced that a new iteration of its classic Pifall franchise will be released on Wii in the autumn. Pitfall: The Big Adventure is in development at Activision studio Edge of Reality. Pitfall is one of the most legendary franchises in the history of videogames, so we look forward …

A recent report by New York’s Centre for an Urban Future has said the core games industry is badly represented in the Big Apple – but adds that the city it is one of the leading clusters in North America when it comes to casual games. The report, called Getting …

We ran a story a couple of weeks back about your increasing focus on western markets – how do you plan to do this? Do you think licensed products is a key element of this? We will decide this on an ongoing basis. Ultimately, the games we produce must be …

Rockstar’s GTA IV has retained the top spot in the ChartTrack/ELSPA All Formats Chart for a second week – despite a massive 77 per cent drop in sales. The record-breaking title still managed to outsell Nintendo’s Wii Fit – which held onto second spot – by 4-to-1 in the week. …

Eidos has hired Roy Meredith as its first general manager of the Championship Manager franchise – and he’s promising to lift the franchise out of the doldrums”. Meredith joins from EA, where he has spent the last two years as global marketing director of the firm’s studios. Before that, he …

The president of leading portal Big Fish Games Jeremy Lewis has told MCV sister site Casualgaming.biz that his firm isn’t worried by the likes of EA, Activision and Midway upping their game in the online casual market. Speaking as part of a wider interview, Lewis said that investment from established …