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Video games retail specialist GAME has announced the appointment of David Mansfield as a non-executive director. He will join the board in April. Mansfield is currently chairman of Radio Joint Audience Research and a director at Ingenious Media. He has previously served stints at Capital Radio. The video games and …

The speed at which digital content has grown over the last 12 months has been phenomenal, but all three platform holders have told MCV – or more precisely, the guest editor of 2009’s final issue, Activision’s UK boss Andrew Brown – that retail will remain the driving force for some …

One publisher boss. Three format-holder chiefs. Five questions. Find out what happened when Activision’s Andrew Brown quizzed Microsoft’s Neil Thompson, Sony’s Ray Maguire and Nintendo’s David Yarnton. Click here to read the full feature.

Atari has confirmed that high-profile CEO David Gardner has left the post, with his boots being filled by former COO Jeff Lapin. Gardner remains at the publisher as a member of its board of directors. Lapin becomes Atari’s fourth CEO in just three years. For the last two years, first …

Hot on the heels of the Australian government’s decision to ban Sega’s Aliens vs. Predator from sale in the territory – and the subsequent statement of protest from developer Rebellion – God of War creator David Jaffe has slammed the country’s ratings structure. There’s a government board and if they …

One of the best PS3-exclusives to date looks to be preparing for the sequel treatment following a confession from actor David Sullivan that he has auditioned for the part of Cole in the as-of-yet unannounced sequel to inFamous. Joystiq picked up on a Tweet from Sullivan which stated: First voiceover/motion …

GoldenEye designer and Free Radical founder David Doak has returned to games development via a new studio making Facebook games, Develop understands. The new firm has emerged following the late 2008 collapse of TimeSplitters dev Free Radical. Develop understands that two of the four original founders of Free Radical, David …

Venom’s newest recruit David Davies has spoken out on the importance of peripherals at retail, encouraging retailers to take advantage of the various opportunities they present in order to survive the recession. Everyone’s adapting to the current financial climate and our customers are understanding the benefits of focusing on accessories …

David Perry has revealed he is eager to see the cloud-computing service Gaikai available on consoles, and thinks Nintendo would benefit from the service in particular. In a Develop Blog Post – which looks at the genesis of the Gaikai model – the Perry explained, What I would love to …

The British Board of Film Classification has publicly wished rival ratings body PEGI well after the latter organisation was given official public backing as part of the government’s Digital Britain report – but director David Cooke still believes his outfit would have been the better choice. The BBFC has always …