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Activision's Billion Dollar Man
Eric Hirshberg steered Activision to more than a billion dollars in profits last year. How is he going to follow that in 2012?
Where does the GAME customer go if the High Street closes?
Buying habits of GAME consumer revealed in latest data
Activision admits to bungled Call of Duty Elite launch
DICE 2012: "It's far from time for us to be doing any victory laps," despite high adoption of service, says CEO
Jaffe, Avellone ponder crowd-sourced funding
Developers react to success of Double Fine Kickstarter campaign
Obituary: Bethesda concept artist Adam Adamowicz
The man who defined the look of Fallout 3 succumbs to cancer
US market sees almost 40 per cent fall in January
Update: Sony reacts, but analyst Pachter questions validity of NPD's data
GREE to open new San Francisco studio
Mobile gaming company plans 41,000 square foot office in China Basin
NPD study shows territory skews to different gaming habits
UK has highest console usage, highest digital and physical sales in Europe
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Warhorse licenses CryEngine 3 for debut project
2K Czech and Bohmenia Interactive vets working on an RPG
Apps Genius signs Jersey Shore deal
Games and apps will star The Situation from the popular MTV reality show
Google: Games can ruin online communities
Google+ engineering director warns against rushing games onto social networks
Namco Bandai founds new company to handle all development
Namco Bandai Studio to deal with both new and existing IP
Sony credit downgraded by Standard and Poor's
Company reduced to BBB+, poor outlook means further drop possible
Double Fine's Kickstarter makes a million in a day
Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert's crowdfunding project smashes targets, and is still going
Zynga and Hasbro enter merchandising agreement
Toy maker to introduces lines based on Zynga properties from Autumn
Skyrim, Portal 2 and Uncharted dominate IAAs at DICE
Bethesda RPG takes 5 gongs, including GOTY, while Naughty Dog, Valve scoop 3
Sweeney: There are too many platforms on the market
DICE 2012: Expect consolidation, but industry's brightest days are yet to come says Epic CEO
Activision-Blizzard doubles annual profits to $1.1 billion
34 per cent of record $4.76 billion annual revenue from digital sales
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Crowded House
Crowdfunding may seem like a curiosity now - but it's a glimpse at the future of creative industries
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Indie Development: Not Just Fun And Games
Bit of Alright showed joie-de-vivre and creative flare in the UK indie scene - but it could do with some hard graft, too
Interview
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Cliff Harris: Middle-Aged Game Development
Positech's founder on the difference between independence and indolence
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11 -12 Feb 12
AltDevConf 2012 Online
15 -19 Feb 12
GEEK 2012 Margate, Kent
16 Feb 12
Hironobu Sakaguchi at BAFTA he British Academy of Film and Television Arts, London
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
