Game development news

Development body criticises Alistair Darlingâ??s VAT cut, saying that income tax cut would have been better

League of Legends to be one of the first US developed online titles directly targeting the Chinese market

UPDATE: Event date changed - will now take place September 17th-20th

Earlier this month, Evolution's Nigel Kershaw rallied against gamers disappointed with Motorstorm's failure to mimic the 'concept movie' shown in 2005, saying that 'target renders don't matter'. Here, Axis Animation MD Richard Scott offers his opinion of why target renders do indeed matterâ?¦

Kern becomes chairman and CCO, Weingartner appointed president and CEO

Overlord script honoured at WGGB's 2008 bash

Last month we looked at the potential of advertising as a core or ancillary revenue stream for games companies. This month I want to turn our attention to the venerable subscription, a business model that Games Investor estimates will generate over $2bn in the West this year.

Trade association GDAA hands out yearly honours - majority go to THQ's Wii title

US independent makes up to 25 staff redundant, but Aliens project still in production

London-based Rocksteady turns to equally 'rock steady' tech for Arkham Asylum title