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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
10th February 2012 @ 7:21pm
Publishers
Online
Spark Capital signs up Zynga GM
Nabeel Hyatt to be firm's first venture partner
10th February 2012 @ 3:45pm
People
NPD study shows territory skews to different gaming habits
UK has highest console usage, highest digital and physical sales in Europe
10th February 2012 @ 2:31pm
Games
Warhorse licenses CryEngine 3 for debut project
2K Czech and Bohmenia Interactive vets working on an RPG
10th February 2012 @ 10:25am
Apps Genius signs Jersey Shore deal
Games and apps will star The Situation from the popular MTV reality show
10th February 2012 @ 10:22am
Developers
Google: Games can ruin online communities
Google+ engineering director warns against rushing games onto social networks
10th February 2012 @ 9:54am
Online
Namco Bandai founds new company to handle all development
Namco Bandai Studio to deal with both new and existing IP
10th February 2012 @ 9:45am
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Sony credit downgraded by Standard and Poor's
Company reduced to BBB+, poor outlook means further drop possible
10th February 2012 @ 9:12am
Publishers
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Double Fine's Kickstarter makes a million in a day
Tim Schafer and Ron Gilbert's crowdfunding project smashes targets, and is still going
10th February 2012 @ 8:50am
Publishers
Zynga and Hasbro enter merchandising agreement
Toy maker to introduces lines based on Zynga properties from Autumn
10th February 2012 @ 8:47am
Retail
Skyrim, Portal 2 and Uncharted dominate IAAs at DICE
Bethesda RPG takes 5 gongs, including GOTY, while Naughty Dog, Valve scoop 3
10th February 2012 @ 8:10am
Events
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
US market sees almost 40 per cent fall in January
Update: Sony reacts, but analyst Pachter questions validity of NPD's data
9th February 2012 @ 11:58pm
Retail
Activision-Blizzard doubles annual profits to $1.1 billion
34 per cent of record $4.76 billion annual revenue from digital sales
9th February 2012 @ 11:12pm
Publishers
topic_financial
Publisher dirty tricks inspired Itagaki to start-up Valhalla
DICE 2012: DOA creator drank for three months after unfinished game was released
9th February 2012 @ 10:34pm
Developers
Jaffe: Games execs need to get a "bullshit filter"
DICE 2012: Don't waste money on over-promised game projects, says Twisted Metal dev
9th February 2012 @ 9:24pm
Developers
Publishers
Big Fish Games to "break new ground" with cloud service
Casual games a natural fit for the cloud, company grows research team by 30
9th February 2012 @ 8:45pm
Online
Exclusive
Rocksteady: "There's a real talent drain"
Sefton Hill shares concerns over dwindling developer numbers in UK
9th February 2012 @ 4:01pm
Developers
Shanda and Trion Worlds take Rift to China
Fantasy MMO to enter competitive Chinese online gaming market
9th February 2012 @ 3:24pm
Online
Mad Catz profits show $15m YoY fall in Q3
Revenue also falls from $93 million to $46.2 million
9th February 2012 @ 2:57pm
topic_financials
Layoffs reported at ngmoco after DeNA restructuring
Japanese company thought to have laid off around 30 staff at Western subsidiary
Voting opens for BAFTA GAME Audience Award
Minecraft, Skyrim and Uncharted all included on shortlist for consumer award
9th February 2012 @ 11:30am
topic_bafta
Digital Capital appoints new product development head
Stewart Kosoy joins from Interactive Studio Management
9th February 2012 @ 10:05am
People
Jetpack Joyride downloads increased 13x after going free
5-10% of customers spending at least $1 after downloading, says creator
9th February 2012 @ 9:46am
Mobile
Indie Fund updates investment model
Wants to take bigger risks with a bigger range of projects
9th February 2012 @ 9:33am
Developers
GameStop clears all debts, pays investors first dividend
US retailer in strong position for 2012 say analysts
9th February 2012 @ 9:13am
Retail
Double Fine launches Kickstarter campaign for new project
Update: Project reaches $400,000 total in less than 12 hours
9th February 2012 @ 9:08am
Business
topic_development
EA's chief financial officer leaving February 17
Eric Brown resigns, replaced by Kenneth Barker
9th February 2012 @ 8:45am
People
Games sales help to boost Warner Bros. Q4 and full-year results
Division containing games up 9% after 6 million Batman AC shipped
9th February 2012 @ 8:39am
topic_financials
Average Skyrim PC playtime clocks in at 75 hours
DICE 2012: Howard would like to see Creation Kit on consoles in the future
9th February 2012 @ 3:55am
Developers
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