GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 6th April 2010

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Today's top stories

"Premier League" partner secures Codies future - Cousens

08:00 - The publisher's CEO believes "leapfrog" deal will yield strong emerging market opportunities

Major restructure at Denki leads to lay offs

08:47 - "Industry is changing beyond all recognition," says Anderson

Sega Studios San Francisco to close

08:54 - Golden axe falls on Iron Man developer Secret Level

Today's feature

Force India

Codies CEO Rod Cousens sheds more light on the Reliance deal, and explains why it's so important for the company

The rest of today's news

Paradox and SouthPeak resolve dispute

09:06 - Publishers come to "amicable resolution" over revenue payments

Digital Economy bill set for crunch debate

12:14 - Deadline-day for controversial plans - including PEGI ratings - as dissolution of Parliament looms

US iPad sells over 300k in one day

11:43 - Over 1 million apps and 250k ebooks downloaded by users

Monumental closes Salford Quays studio

10:18 - UPDATE: "Difficult business decision" will not affect plans going forward, says dev

Playfish sign for State of Independence

12:23 - EA's social gaming studio to appear at UK one-day conference

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The industry stresses that gaming isn't all about teenage boys any more. So why does the games media act like it still is?

Megaton's Cat Channon and Matt Yeo

On creating content for younger readers and why the industry needs dedicated kids media

Miniclip's Rob Small

The flash gaming giant's CEO talks about the valuable kids market, and about keeping games high quality

Taxing Times

Olswang's Cliona Kirby and Natalie Coope on the challenges of implementing Labour's tax break

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