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A dual US-Iranian citizen has been sentenced to death for allegedly producing games encoded with western-leaning sentiments, as part of a wider CIA plan to stimulate a revolution within the country, according to state media reports. Tehran aired a televised confession of Arizona-born Amir Mirza Hekmati(pictured), who appeared to admit …
Read More »Interplay gives up everything for $2m in Bethesda Fallout suit
Fallout MMO effectively scrapped as all rights, including merchandise and prior games, are surrendered to Bethesda
Read More »US-born developer sentenced to death in Iran
Amir Mizra Hekmati to be executed as state media publishes alleged confession of CIA plot and 'game propaganda'
Read More »GDC COUNTDOWN: Persson, Sweeney and Mechner discuss indie uprising
Eight weeks to go; Book your place at gdconf.com; Develop out in force at the San Francisco event
Read More »Venture capitalist takes control of Jagex
A New York venture capital firm has purchased further shares in Jagex to increase its stake to 55 per cent, effectively transferring control of the Runescape developer from the UK to the US. Financial documents seen by Develop show that Insight Venture Partners has acquired another twenty per cent of …
Read More »iOS and Android ‘set to host Xbox Live games’
Xbox and PlayStation in a race to take advantage of mobile platforms, sources suggest
Read More »Capcom: ‘We never said we support SOPA’
Suggestions that we do is poor journalism, company exec claims
Read More »Tiny Tower scales to ‘1m daily players’
Free-to-play title hits 10 million play sessions per day, dev claims
Read More »Anatomy of a Blockbuster: Dead Island
Develop's monthly dissection of a recent hit game
Read More »NEW YEAR, NEW JOB: Havok on harnessing social media
Daily advice on job hunting from the industry's top companies. Today: tips from Havok on using social media to get a job
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