Publishing

Rob Bartel, the principal designer at BioWare, has told MCV that last year’s PC and console release Dragon Age was the most successful game the studio has ever produced – trumping high-profile sci-fi release Mass Effect in the process. The boast also places Dragon Age above the likes of Star …

Acclaimed RPG developer BioWare has finally issued official word on the in-development RPG sequel Dragon Age 2. The game is a fully-fledged sequel featuring a brand new storyline that plays out over the course of ten years and is once again dependent on the in-game decisions of the player. A …

Sony was told back in 2008 that Insomniac Games wanted to break away from the platform holder, the company has revealed. Now two years later, and a few weeks after EA’s deal with Insomniac went public, a high-profile Sony executive tells Develop he was personally saddened by the studio’s switch. …

'We grew up together' says Sony's studio boss, but remains optimistic for the future

Education institution joins publisherâ??s association after successful games demo laboratory proposal

Revenue for Xbox Live could well have reached $1bn in Microsoft’s last financial year, Bloomberg is reporting. Microsoft has told the financial news site that half of the services’ 25 million users paid for a Gold membership last year – which equates to around $600 million in sales. Sales of …

Publisher assures that finalists will retain game rights, and clears up confusion over the contest

One of the highest-ranking executives at SCE has revealed the company is hard at work on future platform developments. In an exclusive interview with Develop magazine, Sony Worldwide Studios (WWS) boss Shuhei Yoshida candidly explained how Sony has learnt from past mistakes and is now building tech that developers can …

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has announced a brand new ‘Classic White’ version of the PS3 Slim that will launch in the territory on July 29th. It will pack a 160GB HDD and will include a similarly white Dualshock 3 controller. In addition to the new colour, Sony will also launch …

Three years after it debuted on PS3, Sony has confirmed that it is to pull the plug on the online services connected to card battling title The Eye of Judgement. The game works by using the PSEye to scan real-life cards that are placed on a real deck. These are …