GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 28th June 2010

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Today's top stories

Sega cautious on social games expansion

08:03 - Publisher building teams from scratch and diverting funds from console development to new digital projects, but no acquisitions planned

EA defends online pass

10:35 - "My job to is make you not want to trade the game in", says Moore

THQ: "Television is a big question mark" for game ads

08:51 - Marketing better spent on Xbox Live and PSN, says Danny Bilson

Today's feature

Sega's Mike Hayes Part 2

The president of Sega West goes in-depth on the publishers digital ambitions

The rest of today's news

Free Realms attracts 12m, expands to China

11:39 - SOE's kid-friendly free-to-play MMO continues to grow 14 months on

LEGO Potter knocks Red Dead off chart top spot

09:59 - New entries for Naughty Bear, Demon's Souls, Transformers

Nintendo confirms 2011 release for 3DS

09:22 - Hopes of Christmas launch fade as Fils-Amie tells TV host "next year"

Hive7 becomes Playdom's latest acquisition

08:48 - Social games company buys fifth team for continued expansion

Cecil: Publishers did lobby against tax breaks

17:21 - Foreign-owned publishing companies allegedly concerned by cultural tests for tax relief

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