GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 6th May 2010

Newsletter not displaying properly? Make sure you select 'Show images', or click here to view in your web browser.

Today's top stories

Nintendo profits decline 18% over 2010

09:09 - Company's performance negatively impacted by Wii price drop and fewer software releases

THQ reduces losses to $9m in full-year turnaround

21:33 - Sales up as company grows market share after positive year; nearly 4m UFC and WWE games shipped

Heath joins 4mm Games in UK

09:24 - Company strikes deal with Konami; establishes sales and marketing office in London

Today's feature

Coming of Age

Frank Gibeau, President of EA Games, on why Australian legislation should introduce an R18+ rating for videogames

The rest of today's news

EA: Lack of 18 rating in Australia is censorship

08:18 - Government is out of touch with industry and consumers, says Gibeau

Best Buy UK thrashes records in opening weekend

12:11 - New Essex store sees biggest opening weekend worldwide

GamesAid to release PS3 game triple pack

13:59 - Square Enix, SEGA and Codemasters donate games for charity retail bundle

Over 1 million players for Halo: Reach beta

08:30 - Multiplayer preview offers free weekend access to Silver Xbox Live subscribers

Telltale launches new game pilot programme

10:33 - New game concepts to be tried out in scheme that mimics TV pilot model

Jobs

Hot job:

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

UK & Europe -

Technical Art Director - Critically Acclaimed Studio!! (Interactive Selection) - Brighton, South East, England

Exceptional AAA Environment Artist Required (Datascope) - Anywhere

North America -

Sr. Programmer Role - New MMO Title (Interactive Selection) - Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Lead Level Designer - Montreal (OPM) - Canada

Rest of World -

Virtual Worlds System Adnimistrator (CCP) - Shanghai, China

Character Artist (RealU) - Singapore

Recent features

Autodesk's Marc Stevens

The middleware giant's VP of games talks economy, iPhone, Facebook and the Uncanny Valley

The Flight Deck

Firemint's Alexandra Peters on how the Melbourne company is building its original IP iPhone business

Dispelling the Myths of MMOs

Monumental's Paul Mayze explores the three key myths surrounding MMO games

Passed Around

Publishers hate the second hand market - but it may be the only thing that's propping up high street games retailers.

Also on GamesIndustry.biz

Events

An essential guide to what's coming up in the games industry calendar.

Directory

Your comprehensive contacts book, covering all sectors of the industry.

Release Dates

Keep track of which games are coming out when.