PlayStation business feels pressure to perform for Sony Corp
Buoyed by promotion of Kaz Hirai, Worldwide Studios boss admits "it's a huge expectation for us to lead the business."
25 jobs cut at Starbreeze following Syndicate completion
Developer reduces headcount, board member steps down
UKIE calls for relaxation of crowd-funding regulations
Financing method could prove invaluable to nation's industries, says trade body
Boost for GAME as it secures official Vita launch
Oxford Street branch will play host to midnight event
Hutch Games: App Store is a democratising situation
Ex-Sony developers explain move from console to Unity
Linden Lab acquires LittleTextPeople
Second Life company poised to release several new products in 2012
New sales team for Thumbstar
Tony Fitzgerald and Phil Brannelly join mobile developer and publisher
Unite 12 to be held in Amsterdam
Unity conference moves closer to European developer community
Sony bringing Move SDK Move.Me to UK
Package designed to make motion detection development easier
SOE launches fifth G.I.R.L. US design competition
Submissions open for the chance to win a scholarship and work experience
NPD director joins EEDAR
Richard Ow starts new role with video game research firm as VP of sales and strategy
Drew Karpyshyn announces retirement from games writing
Bioware scribe leaving to pursue novel-writing career
Bobby Kotick joins board of directors at Coca-Cola
Activision Blizzard CEO also appointed to the management development committee
New CEO, platform and IP for K2 Network
Free-to-play publisher now headed up by Bjorn Book-Larsson
Gamevil reports record profits and reveues for 2011
South Korean publisher doubles overseas revenues
Magazine ABCs show a games press in decline
But Moshi Monsters magazine on the rise, hitting 163,000 readers
Fargo: Kickstarter "means we don't have to do it like the publisher wants"
inXile to use crowdfunding site for Wasteland 2, while Unity's David Helgason backs Code Hero
Batman and LA Noire shine among BAFTA nominees
GAME British Academy Video Games Awards reveals hopefuls for 2012 ceremony
Sony refutes claims of Vita devs jumping ship for 3DS
Reports "largely exaggerated" says senior VP of Worldwide studios, Scott Rohde
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Live Free: Freemium Thinking For Console Games
Whether they know it or not, today's most successful console games are using freemium ideas to extend their shelf life
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A Breakout Year for the Irish Games Industry
Jamie McCormick charts the rise and rise of the Irish games business
Interview
Reverb: Solving The Publisher Problem
CEO Doug Kennedy on a new kind of publisher-developer relationship
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16 Feb 12
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22 Feb 12
Test Fest 2012 Metropole Hotel, Brighton
5 -9 Mar 12
GDC 2012 San Francisco, US
5 -7 Mar 12
Game Connection America San Francisco
10 Mar 12
Gamer Camp Open Day NTI Birmingham
15 Mar 12
SuperMassive Games presents Games Night Mandolay Hotel, Guildford
16 Mar 12
British Academy Video Games Awards London Hilton, Park Lane
17 -18 Mar 12
Platform 2012 University of Hull
28 Mar 12
Free 2 Play Summit London
4 Apr 12
LAUNCH: Meet the Games Press & App Tech Media Birmingham Science Park Aston, Birmingham
11 -15 Apr 12
Gadget Show Live 2012 Birmingham NEC
