PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- CombineNet announced today that Tony Bonidy, President and CEO, will resign after serving as the top executive of the advanced sourcing technology company for seven years, effective immediately. Full Article at PR Newswire

Richard Wilson says the UK has slipped from third to fifth in the league table of developers Photograph: Tiga Photograph: Tiga Britain is one of the world's top video game producers, boasting nearly a quarter of the 100 most successful studios. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

In an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, CEO of TIGA Richard Wilson has urged the government to introduce a Games Tax Relief before the industry faces decline. Full Article at Edge Magazine

BBC ONE The Great Dragon is finally free and, full of rage, attacks Camelot with pitiless intensity, in the final episode of the magical family drama. The castle is crumbling and Arthur's men cannot hold out much longer. Full Article at OH NO THEY DIDN'T

THERE is a corner of France that is forever Britain. I'm just outside Compiègne, north-west of Paris, at the glorious Château de Pierrefonds. Full Article at The Scotsman

Researchers report today in Science that they have sequenced the genome of a common variety of corn, which could lead to improved crops and help piece together the evolution of the plant. Full Article at USA Today

Reviews of Gregory Doran’s new Twelfth Night for the Royal Shakespeare Company are all likely to focus on the casting of Richard Wilson as Malvolio, who is iconic in the UK for his decade as Victor Meldrew, the grumpiest of all grumpy old men, in Dan... Full Article at PopMatters

The British government should use some of its GBP 1 billion Innovation Investment Fund to help early stage game businesses says UK trade association TIGA. Full Article at GamesIndustry.biz

Jo Thornhill, Financial Mail 14 November 2009 The cost of raw materials, such as wood and gold and silver, has risen considerably. Full Article at This Is Money

The past few weeks I haven't been reviewing too many apps because of the backlog of free codes, and now that it's time to get back to reviewing stuff I can't think of a better way to do it than with a kickass shmup! Full Article at International Business Times: Blogs

Richard Wilson, author of Don’t Get Fooled and central blogger in the Trafigura/Guardian/Carter-Ruck episode, reports back from a meeting of the UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights which focused on ’super-injunctions’. Full Article at Journalism.co.uk

Mandrake cannot, unfortunately, organise knighthoods for anybody. Full Article at The Telegraph

London -- The National Gallery's attention-grabbing, even shocking new show, "The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600-1700," sets out to do a couple of things you'd think were interesting chiefly to specialists. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

Games designers urged the Scottish parliament yesterday to help push through tax breaks for the videogame industry amid fears Ireland could be set to lure British talent overseas. Full Article at The Independent

Some are born to play Malvolio and some have Malvolio thrust upon them. In Richard Wilson's case, it was a bit of both. Full Article at New Statesman

So Richard Wilson, known to millions as curmudgeonly pensioner Victor Meldrew, is making his RSC debut as Shakespeare’s party pooper, the curmudgeonly steward Malvolio. Full Article at The Jewish Chronicle

TIGA CEO Richard Wilson has told GamesIndustry.biz that he has seen an improvement in the mainstream perception of the videogames industry in the past two years he's been in the job, and that more pro-active measures have been taken with the likes of... Full Article at GamesIndustry.biz

Tiga, the UK computer games trade association, will tell ministers and MSPs during an event at Holyrood that rivals in Canada and France are trying to lure programmers abroad. Full Article at The Scotsman

With every comes the question, who plays Malvolio? Full Article at Theater News Online