GamesIndustry.biz Newsletter - 26th July 2010

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Today's top stories

Playdom: Social acquisitions are slowing down

09:51 - Saturated market will see less acquisitions at lower prices, says Pleasants, but Playdom continues to hustle

Toy Story 3 climbs to top of UK charts

11:11 - Modern Warfare 2 set to break Brain Training sales record

UKTI offering Tokyo Game Show package

10:39 - £750 for access to show and networking events on Japanese market

Today's feature

Eidos Montreal's Stephane D'Astous

The GM discusses collaborating with Square Enix on Deus Ex: Human Revolution

The rest of today's news

Revenue down 65% at Atari, but online grows

09:02 - Online revenues up 40 per cent due to subscriptions from Star Trek and Champions Online

Capcom skips Gamescom due to Dead Rising content

08:29 - No consumer showing for publisher of ultra-violent action game

Daily Star apologises over 'GTA Rothbury' story

14:55 - Tabloid admits it "made no attempt to check the accuracy of the story," with damages going to charity

StarCraft II US pre-orders reach 684,000

16:44 - Expected to reach 750k by next week, as $100m budget rumour defused

Australia delays decision on new ratings system

15:22 - R18+ standard intended to reduce game censorship won?t be discussed until November

Jobs

Hot job:

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

North America -

Senior Animation Programmer (MPG Universal) - United States

Network Engineer (Sony Computer Entertainment Amer) - Anywhere

Rest of World -

Design Director - Multi-Platform Titles (Interactive Selection) - Brisbane, Australia

Associate Producer - Contracting Opportunity (Game Contractor) - Australia

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Eutechnyx' Todd Eckert

Racing studio's North American boss on new business models, the importance of brands and tax relief

Kinecting People

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

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