GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 11th March 2010

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Today's top stories

Sony names motion controller PlayStation Move

01:00 - UPDATE: Sub $100 launch price; 36 third-parties on board, 20 Sony titles by end of March 2011

GamesIndustry.biz to launch German edition in April

08:00 - MCV founder Christoph Holowaty to spearhead entry to German market

MySpace hopes games will emulate music success

20:12 - Social site wants 60% of users playing games daily and developers to "flourish" on network

Today's feature

MySpace's Mike Jones

The social network's co-president outlines the company's plans to take on Facebook in the games sector

The rest of today's news

GDC 2010 Coverage

09:03 - Updated live: PlayStation Move, Cerny, Hilleman, Spector, Segerstrale and Perry for lunch, and Facebook/Home showdown

OnLive to launch June 17 in US

19:12 - Monthly subs to start at $14.95 per month; EA, Ubisoft, 2K Games, THQ, Warner titles confirmed for launch

Image Metrics settles $8 million funding deal

14:30 - Facial animation firm completes public listing as further expansions planned

Old Republic EA's "largest ever" game

10:16 - Star Wars massively multiplayer online game is publisher's most expensive to date

Former Facebook director joins Gaikai

18:48 - Cloud gaming company confirms Michael Bowen as VP or operations; SOEs Colin Dupre also joins service

Jobs

Hot job:

Senior Environment Artist - Major Project (Day One Search) - Scotland

UK & Europe -

Software Development Engineer - Contract til June 2010 (Aardvark Swift) - London, South East, England

Graphics Programmer (Eurocom) - Anywhere

North America -

MARKETING MANAGER (Next Island 3D virtual world) - Anywhere

Rest of World -

Executive Producer (Mine Loader Software Co., Ltd.) - Anywhere

Lead Tool Programmer (Blueside Inc) - Seoul, South Korea

Recent features

Nexon USA's Daniel Kim

The online games company CEO updates us on continued business growth and what's to come

Maintaining the Vigil

David Adams and Joe Madureira on building a studio, Darksiders, THQ and Warhammer 40K

Hooray for Hollywood

Modern Warfare 2 director Keith Arem discusses the growing influence of games and movie making

Going Solo

Former Microsoft and Maxis developer Chris Hecker on lone development and the GDC

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