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Read More »European gaming’s venture capital problem
Nick Gibson looks at why Europe is struggling with industry investment
Read More »NEW YEAR, NEW JOB: Gabe Newell’s best advice for aspiring devs
The Valve founder shares his wisdom as part of Develop's new series of job-hunting tips
Read More »Yu Suzuki could acquire Shenmue license from Sega
Yu Suzuki has hinted at a possible move to acquire the rights to the Shenmue franchise from Sega. And of course, the only reason he would make such a move would be to finally get to work on the long demanded Shenmue III. "Shenmue’slicense is an IP that belongs to …
Read More »Yahoo poaches PayPal president Scott Thompson
Scott Thompson, the former president of online payment specialist PayPal, has left the company to become the new CEO of Yahoo. Yahoo’s previous CEO Carol Bertz was controversially sacked last September. Interim CEO Tim Morse will now return to his role of Yahoo’s CFO. Thompson has been the president of …
Read More »New Los Angeles social studio raises $2m
Free-to-play group Seismic Games months away from first product launch
Read More »Spain approves SOPA-style piracy law
Websites hosting illegal downloads could close within days
Read More »Comet accused of selling counterfeit Windows copies
Big box retailer Comet is being taken to court by Microsoft following accusations that it has been selling illegal copies of Windows XP and Windows Vista. Microsoft alleges that Comet produced over 94,000 illegal copies of Windows recovery discs. As detailed in the complaint filed today, Comet produced and sold …
Read More »ESA stands by SOPA as tensions mount
Industry body 'mindful of concerns'
Read More »Battlefield 3 devs quit for Ngmoco
A trio of developers at Stockholm studio EA DICE have quit to join nearby outfit Ngmoco Sweden. Wille Wintertidh, Malte Hildingsson and Torbjorn Ldre, the latter two having worked on Battlefield 3, were named as new hires by Ngmoco Sweden manager Ben Cousins. Cousins himselfleft EA in March last year, …
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