GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 15th April 2010

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Today's top stories

Digital revenue to outperform physical media for Paradox

08:00 - Europa Universalis publisher expects majority of sales from online distribution in 2010

Analysts expect strong NPD results for March

14:50 - US retail sales predicted to rise year-on-year with hopes for sustained long-term growth

cdv names Southpeak as reason for insolvency

15:23 - German publisher releases information citing non-payment of lawsuit

Today's feature

The Wester Front

Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester on company growth, downloadable platforms and social media

The rest of today's news

Activision Blizzard raises fiscal outlook

13:25 - Call of Duty and World of Warcraft provides publisher with strong results in March 2010 quarter

Emerging PAL markets worth ?1.9bn last year

12:31 - Software sales increase 12% on 2008; PS3 installed base grows to 1.4m

New Atari GM for Europe

09:55 - Ex-EA online boss John Burns appointed as Atari continues online transition

Obama administration requests federal deficit game

11:53 - US government asks Microsoft's Steve Ballmer to make "viral" financial game

Assassin's Creed II awarded "most cover-featured" world record

10:00 - Guinness World Record handed to Ubisoft for landing game on 127 magazine covers

Jobs

Hot job:

Senior Graphics Programmer (Aardvark Swift) - London, South East, England

North America -

Producer (Datascope) - Canada

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

Rest of World -

Character Artist (RealU) - Singapore

Senior Designer (THQ Australia) - Australia

Recent features

Getting It Now

InstantAction CEO Louis Castle explains how his tech can make full games playable anywhere online - fast

Respawn Entertainment and EA Partners

West, Zampella and DeMartini talk collaboration, community and the value of IP

Preview: Nordic Game 2010

Jacob Riis unveils the thinking behind this year's popular and influential European event

Triumph of the Small

Ramming through the Digital Economy Bill makes no difference - the future of media still won't favour existing players.

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