GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 20th July 2010

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Today's top stories

Bailiffs begin seizing SouthPeak stock

11:14 - 40,000 games taken from warehouse to be sold at auction; payment from Centresoft frozen to be redirected to CDV

Social games market to earn over $1bn by 2012

11:18 - Screen Digest report: goldrush will pay out until 2014 at least

12 states petition Supreme Court for game restrictions

08:41 - Powerful allies for California's last-ditch attempt to limit sale of violent games

Today's feature

Preview: GDC Europe 2010

Conference director Frank Sliwka on how this year's Cologne event is shaping up

The rest of today's news

Big Fish passes one billion game downloads

12:09 - Online casual games company passes significant milestone

Activision refutes rumours of CoD subscription

10:19 - "No plans to charge gamers for multiplayer" following fan video and Pachter comment

GameStop CEO talks up "gaming platform" ambitions

09:15 - Digital sales growing but it's not a rapid change, says Raines

OnLive sign-ups "far bigger than expected"

15:18 - Streaming service claims incoming support for iPhone, iPad, motion control and 3D

Stuart Black to quit Codemasters

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

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