GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 28th April 2010

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Today's top stories

Mike Griffith resigns from Activision Publishing

08:55 - Company's CEO and president steps down, but will continue in parent company vice-chair role

Gardner looks to fund future-thinking game talent

14:16 - London Venture Partners hopes to accelerate growth of the industry with new investments

LIVE: Nordic Game 2010 Coverage

13:39 - NEW: Gardner on "policing" company values, Playfish's five lessons for success...

Today's feature

TeliaSonera's Vlad Ihora

The carrier's games man talks Blizzard, Turkey and why OnLive is too soon for the mass market

The rest of today's news

THQ: A sub-par UFC 2009 wouldn't have sold over 4m

14:40 - UFC producer talks marketing of new 2010 instalment and why there's no motion control

38 at Infinity Ward file lawsuit against Activision over royalties

08:37 - Group claims $54m is owed; accuses publisher of holding them "hostage" until delivery of MW3

TeliaSonera: OnLive's idealism is to be commended

08:00 - But the reality is different says operator; mass cloud gaming still a year and a half away

Square Enix launches mature games label

09:48 - Sub-label to be dedicated to Japanese localisations of violent games

Google acquires Israeli game developer

11:08 - Web-based game studio LabPixies to oversee EMEA iGoogle development after $25m buyout

Jobs

Hot job:

Experienced Engine Programmer - FPS team/Ubisoft Massive (Ubisoft Massive) - Sweden

North America -

Lead Designer (Slant Six Games) - Anywhere

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

Rest of World -

UI Designer - Online FPS (Interactive Selection) - Shanghai, China

Programmers **AUSTRALIA** (MPG Universal) - Australia

Recent features

Playfish's Kristian Segerstrale

The company's CEO talks entrepreneurship and how social games will lead the industry

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Das größte Branchenportal der Spieleindustrie startet nun auch in Deutschland.

Sumo Digital's Paul Porter

On the challenges of creating episodic games for Doctor Who: The Adventure Games

Gold Rush 2.0

Promises of a new wave of profit for iPad developers ignore the destructive downward pressure on iPhone game prices

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