Gaming news hand-picked from around the web:
• Apple Signals Gaming Ambitions (EA is the apple of their eyes) >> edge-online.com
• Confirmed: Empire goes into administration (last of the British publishers goes down) >> mcvuk.com
• EA posts $1 billion annual loss >> uk.gamespot.com
• Katamari Forever confirmed for Europe >> casualgaming.biz
• Can game-design promote human rights? (Cory Doctorow on the recent Human Rights for Online Game Players document) >> boingboing.net
• UK Developers Feel Government Policy Unfavourable To Industry (but developers are still optimistic about the future) >> edge-online.com
• The Social Network Game Boom (love them or loathe them, games on social networking sites are big money) >> gamasutra.com
• The Making Of: Spacewar! (The very first video game) >> edge-online.com
• Sam and Dan Houser - The 2009 TIME 100 (Rockstar bros are influential) >> time.com
• Nearly 1 In 10 Youth Gamers Addicted To Video Games According To National Study (oft quoted, hotly debated study from Iowa State University) >> medicalnewstoday.com
• Funding for games plummets 60% (the recession hits the entertainment industry) >> mcvuk.com
• Korea's Dog-Sledding MMORPG: Husky Express >> gamesetwatch.com
• Sony to Reveal New PSP at E3 >> dmwmedia.com
• Boom or Blurst: A New Business Model for Videogames? >> online.wsj.com
• Quality Quality Assurance: A Methodology for Wide-Spectrum Game Testing >> gamasutra.com
• 12 Games That Can Help You Survive a Breakup >> crispygamer.com
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