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News: New LG TVs to feature Unity games

Unity Technologies and LG have partnered to feature Unity authored games on the manufacturer's 2012 range of Smart TVs.

"The television technology LG is introducing this year is very impressive and offers an incredible opportunity for the developers under the Union umbrella to reach a new market," said Unity CEO David Helgason.

"Our goal with Union is to create new avenues of distribution for developers using Unity, and LG smart TVs are creating a massive and new gaming audience."

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News: Splash Damage devs launch online gaming service

Former Splash Damage executives Arnout van Meer, Stephen Gaffney and Ben Hopkinson have launched Fireteam, a new service providing online support to console, transmedia and free-to-play developers.

"As with many developers, at Splash Damage we often outsourced this component to a multitude of varying specialist providers, most of which have since been acquired," explained CTO Van Meer.

"Now, with significant planning and research, we've launched this as a separate venture to Splash Damage. This specifically allows us to focus on improving the quality of online services. Because we're going to help improve how smoothly games are launched and operate, we're pleased to be offering our services to Splash Damage as one of our first customers."

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News: Jaffe expected to leave Eat Sleep Play to pursue iOS development

Update

Jaffe has confirmed via Twitter, that he has "zero plans to make games like Farmville and Angry Birds", but is founding a studio in San Diego in order to get back to frontline development.

It's understood that Jaffe will lead this team personally, and is leaving Eat Sleep Play at his own behest after the roll out process for Twisted Metal is complete.

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News: 46 Jobs to go in GAME head office restructure

The GAME group has reshuffled the management at its head office, making a number of promotions alongside 46 job losses.

Only roles at the company's Basingstoke support centre will be affected.

"As part of our strategy to position GAME for future success, we have today outlined a number of proposed changes in our head office structure," read the official statement.

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