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Microsoft will launch a 500GB hard drive for its slim Xbox 360 models. It’s currently a US-only thin, with an RRP of around $100. We’ve asked the UK team if we can expect a similar product for the UK. Now with Xbox games getting day-and-date release digitally and physically, more …

Save up to 25 per cent on your production costs as video games tax credits come into force this week

Develop asks leading experts in the field what improvements to the tech could mean

Bungie’s composer Marty O’Donnell has seen his shares return to him. O’Donnell, who has been with the company from the start and has worked across Halo and Destiny, left the company earlier this year. Bungie said they parted on good terms, but clearly that was a bit of a fib. …

Court rules that Halo studio was wrong to strip shares from Marty O'Donnell

Another week, another Resident Evil game. This time Capcom looks set to release Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (or Biohazard Revelations 2, as the series is called in Japan). The game was leaked on the official has surfaced on a number of European retail websites, before being pulled. But then it …

31,500 trade attendees head to consumer show in Cologne

IGDA poll shows developers would prefer to work at Half-Life studio than their own company

Intel Developer Blog: How you can experience the user experience before launch through the Intel XDK App Preview

Sony confirms unspecified number of job losses