GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 19th July 2010

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Today's top stories

Stuart Black to quit Codemasters

13:49 - Creative director on new IP Bodycount to leave before game is released

Eurogamer Expo calls for Indie Games Arcade submissions

12:12 - Indie support to also include RPS Game of the Show award

Port Plexus hires Jim Merrick for US expansion

13:30 - Former Nintendo and Microsoft exec to drive regional strategy for special editions developer

Today's feature

Microsoft's Peter Molyneux

The creative director on the industry's need to change the way it works, Fable III and the iPhone's future

The rest of today's news

Discounted Xbox 360s outsold new slim model in US

11:34 - UK launch more successful than PS3 slim, says Chart-Track

Canadian ESA: "All's fair in love and war"

11:29 - "We'll take the best and the brightest," says Parr as Vaizey downplays threat to UK industry

Indie developers in public clash with Epic

10:24 - Sweeney and Bleszinski weigh into outrage over Rein's marketing philosophy

Woods scandal "may have permanently damaged" sales

10:19 - First month sales down 68%, Wii sales down 86%; Skate 3, Green Day also disappoint

Sony explains 720p cap on 3D games

09:12 - UPDATED: PS3 games already in 1080p will be downscaled for stereoscopic play

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