Metropolitan Police CIO Ailsa Beaton has a lot to keep her busy. Between security preparations for the London Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations next year, leading technology counter-terrorism operations, and being on the board responsible for creating an IT body to replace the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), Beaton found time to talk exclusively to Computer Weekly about her IT challenges.

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In this new interview, director Motomu Toriyama and producer Yoshinori Kitase explain the thinking and process changes that have led to the sequel to what may well be the most maligned FF so far.

Disney confirmed to Gamasutra on Tuesday that it is conducting layoffs in its Disney Interactive Media Group, with one source saying Playdom's Buenos Aires social game studio was the target for around 30 layoffs.

Sony has detailed the particulars of how online gameplay and sharing will work on its upcoming PlayStation Vita portable, revealing location-based services and a social network stream for in-game updates.

Unity Technologies has released version 3.4 of its widely used 3D game creation engine, adding features including integration for Allegorithmic's substance modeling technology.

Microsoft has donated a collection of hundreds of items from throughout its history in the video game market to International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG), the organization announced today.

An extra 33 countries now have access to the Apple App Store, for a total of 123 countries worldwide, allowing more users from around the world to download and buy games for iPhone and iPad.

Source sandbox game Garry's Mod has reached a significant sales milestone, with the total sales topping 1 million over the past weekend since its initial Steam launch back in 2006.

Suda51 of Grasshopper Manufacture has discussed his move into social gaming, noting that he has many concepts for social titles, while also revealing that he wants to make the social game with the most blood.

Project management and QA tools vendor Hansoft has announced that its range of development tools are now being used by Rage developer id Software, with id calling the software "flexible and intuitive."