GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 21st July 2010

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Today's top stories

UK 360 sales surge 1000% on new SKU release

19:01 - Hardware sales jump on launch of new home console

Crooks exits Headstrong as team moves to PS3, 3DS work

08:40 - Previously Nintendo-only studio looks to rebuild following Wii slowdown

Red Dead Redemption: US biggest-seller of 2010 so far

12:18 - NPD: Rockstar on top but Nintendo dominate rest of Jan-June chart

Today's feature

Kinecting People

Microsoft's Chris Lewis on price points, target audience and the evolving software mix for Kinect

The rest of today's news

Microsoft: Kinect price is "great value"

18:33 - Chris Lewis believes that motion control platform will appeal to core and casual audiences alike

Zattikka raises $5.5 million funding

13:26 - Co-chair of Lionsgate Entertainment joins board

iPad sales boost Apple profits to $3.25bn

08:01 - 3.27 million iPads sold in launch quarter accounting for over 50% of revenue; iPhone sales rise more than 60%

Silicon Sisters starts up

08:35 - Veteran-led all-female studio creating casual games from Vancouver

EA's "grittier, darker" 2010/11

09:10 - Edgier new direction for Spore, Fight Night, Sims and Alice franchises

Jobs

Hot job:

Character Technical Artist (Aardvark Swift) - London, South East, England

UK & Europe -

Creative Services Coordinator (Aardvark Swift) - London, South East, England

French Linguist / Translator (Perfect World Europe B.V.) - The Netherlands

North America -

Lead Animator - Canada (Datascope) - Canada

Games Programmer (Other Ocean Interactive) - Canada

Recent features

Preview: GDC Europe 2010

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

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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

Ubisoft's Murray Pannel

The UK marketing director appraises the company's E3 performance and talks plans for 2010

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