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LucasArts president Jim Ward resigns
A LucasArts representative has confirmed that president Jim Ward is leaving the company
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Nintendo confirms cobalt/black DS
Nintendo has officially confirmed rumours which they denied just days ago - they are releasing a new cobalt/black-coloured DS Lite
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EA posts $33 million Q3 net loss, but record revenues
Electronic Arts has posted a net loss of USD 33 million for the third quarter, compared with net income of USD 160 million during the same period of the prior year
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IMAGINA 08: RockBand is Best Videogame
MTV Games' and Harmonix' RockBand has been selected as the Best Videogame at the IMAGINA 2008 awards
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AIAS creates gaming scholarship fund
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced the creation of the Dr. Randy Pausch Scholarship Fund, established to support students pursuing careers in game design, development and production
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CGS announces second season North American schedule
The Championship Gaming Series has officially announced its schedule of events for the 2008 North American season
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Brain training namesake hasn't profited from success
Despite the fact that 17 million brain training titles have been sold worldwide since the series debuted in 2005, Dr. Ryuta Kawashima hasn't made a single yen from the game
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Richard Wilson named TIGA CEO
Richard Wilson was unveiled as the new CEO of TIGA, The Independent Game Developers Association, at the trade body's annual awards dinner
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TIGA 2007 winners announced
TIGA, The Independent Game Developers Association, has announced the winners of its annual awards given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development community
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Cooking Mama: Over 1.6 million served
Majesco has announced that its Cooking Mama franchise has surpassed sales of 1.6 million units in the US
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Vivendi 2007 revenues up 9.7%
Vivendi has released its financial results for the full year 2007, showing a 9.7 per cent increase in revenues to EUR 21,657
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Dates set for Paris GDC
Connection Events and CMP, the organisers of the Paris Game Developer Conference, have announced that this year's event will take place on June 23- 24
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Muskeduner acquires Free Lunch Design
Muskedunder Interactive, a Swedish flash game developer, announced that it has acquired independent developer Free Lunch Design
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PAX pre-registration now open
The organisers of the Penny Arcade Expo have announced that pre-registration has begun for the fifth annual gaming festival
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Valve announces Steamworks development tools
Valve has announced that Steamworks, a suite of publishing and development tools, is now available free of charge to developers and publishers worldwide
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Gran Turismo Prologue dated, priced for US
Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced that Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will ship on April 17 in North America
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Brain training games popular in Germany and Spain
Nintendo's DS brain training games remain popular in Germany and Spain, with both the original and the follow-up title appearing on the top ten charts
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Crytek to show multi-platform engine at GDC
Crytek will demonstrate their CryENGINE 2 game development middleware and their Sandbox 2 game editor running on multiple hardware platforms at this year's GDC
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PopCap Games hires VP of engineering
PopCap Games has announced the hiring of Martin Gannholm to the newly-created position of vice president of engineering
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GameSpot names new Editor-in-Chief
CNET's GameSpot announced that it has named Ricardo Torres its new editor-in-chief
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Pre-registration opens for ION 2008
The organisers of the second annual ION Game Conference have announced that pre-registration is now open until March 17
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Author apologises for Mass Effect comments
Author and commentator Cooper Lawrence has apologised for criticising the sexual content of EA's Xbox 360 game Mass Effect
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Stock Report: Jan 21 - 25
It was a roller coaster ride for investors this week on Wall Street, but US stocks managed to end the week posting a gain for the first time in 2008
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EA's Tsunoda joins Microsoft
Former Electronic Arts executive Kudo Tsunoda has left the company to join Microsoft