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Chairman and CFO Simon Elms tells us how specialist services differ from simple outsourcing

The monetization rules that govern Minecraft servers have led to a public spat between the game’s creator and his community. It’s also led to some public bickering with the press. Mojang recently confirmed its intention to enforce details in its end user licence agreement (EULA) for Minecraft that while permitting …

The PlayStation Vita has crept ahead of Wii U in Japan as the momentum gained from the release of Mario Kart 8 has started to wear off. The latest Famitsu data shows that Nintendo’s machine sold 10,366 units in the week ending June 15th. That’s down from 12,576 units last …

And you thought E3 was no longer relevant? Twitch has revealed that E3 2014 set a new sitewide viewership record for the service with 5.9m unique daily viewers logging on to watch the event. At its peak 405,029 people were watching Twitch’s E3 livestream on day one. Over the course …

The quality of Rockstar’s next-gen Grand Theft Auto V teaser has once again saddened Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima. That’s because, as he previously confessed, he thinks the game is so good it makes others – including his own – look bad. "What Rockstar has created and the world …

New study claims representation of females in UK IT industry is in decline

Both Nintendo’s Wii U and Sony’s PlayStation Vita boasted impressive sales gains in the US last month. Grabbing the headlines has been Wii U, which sold 60k units in the US in May – that’s 85 per cent up on the previous month and 90 per cent up on May …

To celebrate our 150th issue, we gathered some of our most notable cover stars to mull over how development has changed in the last decade and a half. James Batchelor caught up with the faces of Develop magazine’s past

Intel Developer Blog: Sofftalkblog offers some top tips for mobile app navigation

IPSOS MediaCT’s Tom Cross reveals some of the latest GameTrack figures to uncover where money is being spent on gaming. Gaming has been possible in the digital space for many years now but it is only fairly recently that digital formats have become mainstream. Since GameTrack began in Q4 2011, …