GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 22nd March 2010

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Today's top stories

Game Room can be 'iTunes for games'

08:43 - Service will be a "big library" of classic games when it's finished; 1000 titles a "conservative" estimate

Command and Conquer 4 DRM causes problems

10:15 - Gamers complain need for constant internet connection is crashing game

God of War III takes number 1 in UK chart

11:15 - New entries to top 20 include Metro 2033, Dragon Age, Tiberian Twilight

Today's feature

Krome's Steve Stamatiadis

The studio's co-founder talks self-publishing and making Microsoft Game Room

The rest of today's news

Imagine closes Total PC Gaming magazine

11:00 - Publication run ends with issue 31; subscribers offered refunds

Develop speaker submissions to close March 25

11:59 - Fifth annual dev conference makes final call for session proposals

Paradox files injunction against SouthPeak

13:07 - SouthPeak's "insolvency" has led to debts of over $500k, claims publisher

Switzerland votes to ban violent games

10:51 - Law could result in the withdrawal of games rated 16 and above by PEGI

Attorney-General Atkinson quits front bench

09:41 - Notorious opponent of violent games to stand aside at next election

Jobs

Hot job:

Senior Developer Lead (Aardvark Swift) - London, South East, England

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VFX Artist - High Profile Original IP (Interactive Selection) - Stockholm, Sweden

Games Designer - AAA Racing Title (OPM) - Midlands, England

North America -

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Game Planners/Designers - Contract Role (Game Contractor) - Toronto, Canada

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