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The UK games development sector is stronger than ever, despite the collapse of three major studios, say leading experts. Over the past month, Xbox has announced it will close Fable makers Lionhead (pictured), Sony will shut DriveClub creators Evolution, while Activision has announced redundancies at Guitar Hero developers FreeStyleGames. I …

Indie publisher MD will advise devs on how to improve their chances of winning that publishing deal on May 5th

Luke Hebblethwaite replaces Renevey, GMG hires new EVP of marketing and Nintendo boosts PR and marketing team. UKIE appoints Luke Hebblethwaite asresearch analyst Luke Hebblethwaite(pictured, right)has joined UK games trade body UKIE as a research analyst. He replaces Rgis Renevey, who left the company earlier this year. Hebblethwaite joins from …

Indie projects, British titles and… British indie releases were the stars at this year’s BAFTA Game Awards. Sam Barlow’s Her Story, The Chinese Room’s Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (pictured) and Rocket League all walked away with three prizes from last night’s awards show. UK indie dev Sam Barlow won …

7 Days to Die is coming to PS4 and Xbox One courtesy of established developer and fledgling publisher Telltale. The Fun Pimps’ open-world zombie title is currently available in Steam Early Access, but the Telltale partnership will bring it to consoles – both digitally and physically – for the first …

Following the issues facing UK studios Lionhead, Evolution and FreeStyle, we ask development leaders about the future of development in this country. We also speak to Square Enix’s Justin Gaffney about the return of Final Fantasy, after the firm announced three games, a movie, and much more. Meanwhile, Stardew Valley …

Tech company HTC has for the first acknowledged the issues that have been plaguing HTC Vive customers. Complaints about the ordering process and delayed deliveries have been doing the rounds for days, with reports that all non-Paypal orders were facing problems. HTC has denied credit card issues, however, and insisted …

PSOne IP Fear Effect is staged for a comeback, providing it is successfully crowdfunded. Eurogamer reports that unlike the original title, the Fear Effect Sedna will be a low-budget indie affair courtesy of French developer Sushee, which got signed for the project off the back of Square Enix’s The Collective …

Tom Lingard and Aidan Grant from legal firm Stevens & Bolton advise devs on how to best target video-makers

A group of fans are working on a VR museum dedicated to Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid series, and even has the backing of Solid Snake himself. The Fan Legacy: Metal Gear Solid will enable players to explore a recreation of the iconic Shadow Moses setting for the 1998 title, …