Livingstone: Skills Review can "change perceptions of industry"
Government-backed report to be published in early 2011 and will "set a blueprint to transform the UK"
We must be positive about UK industry - Rawlinson
UKIE director general believes business is still growing; will continue to push for tax breaks
OnLive: "Do we need boxes anymore?"
Executive producer predicts end of consoles and talks of 300-person multiplayer for cloud gaming
Only 4% of UK games industry staff are female
BSA survey blames long hours culture for decline from 12% in 2006
Amazon challenges retail with 99c release day delivery
US online store ditches $6 delivery tithe for major games
Katamari creator leaves "so-so" Namco Bandai
Keita Takahashi walks following moans about employer, 3D and motion control
17% of social network gamers think themselves "addicted"
Lightspeed survey finds 58% of social networkers use it for games
Full list of speakers issued for MIGS
Over 80 industry figures joining keynotes by Ed Fries and Ron Carmel in Montreal
Flight Control sells over 3m copies in 18 months
Firemint's iOS game still in App Store top 30 in 64 countries
68,000 attend PAX, international follow-up planned
Latest Penny Arcade expo is largest consumer show in US
Microsoft confirms 250GB Xbox and Kinect pack for £300
Kinect's release date and launch titles in Japan also revealed
Dead Rising: Case Zero passes 300,000 downloads
Public leaderboards of paid-for 360 prequel show strong global sales in first week
News Corp publishes North Korean games
Big Lebowski Bowling part of "first Western IT venture" from Kim Jong Il's nation
ELSPA relaunches as UKIE
Trade organisation expands remit to cover whole interactive entertainment spectrum
Bethesda chooses Benelux for fifth international office
Eindhoven-based Menno Eijck to oversee operations in Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Championship Manager expands to China
Beautiful Game Studios partnering with Shanda Games for emerging market
Develop Liverpool issues speaker call
Submissions for the November event now open, until early October
Austria bans Muslim-killing game
Swiss-made title "Bye Bye Mosque" slammed by president Fischer and UN's Ban Ki-moon
Activision confirms celebrity cast for Black Ops
Gary Oldman and Ed Harris given speaking parts in Treyarch's new CoD
Glasses-free 3D arcade machines for Japan
SI Electronics' Y3 board is high-def 3D with no goggles required
Latest PlayStation 3 firmware prevents PSjailbreak
Sudden 3.42 system software update reportedly blocks piracy-enabling exploit
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