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Social gaming powerhouse Gree has revealed plans to offload 11 per cent of its 1,762-person strong global workforce. A translation from social games consultant Serkan Toto revealed that the company is to offer 200 voluntary redundancies, with applications being accepted between October 9th-28th. These losses will be in addition to …

Ideas are already in the pipeline for Grand Theft Auto VI, the president of developer Rockstar North has said. We’ve got about 45 years worth of ideas we want to do,” Leslie Benzies told Develop in the first part of its Inside Rockstar North series. We don’t know what GTA …

Nearly 600,000 people have signed a petition calling on Rockstar to release a PC version of Grand Theft Auto V. The game came out on Xbox 360 and PS3 last month but Rockstar has to date remained tight-lipped about a possible release on either PC or next-gen consoles. Its predecessor …

In our latest issue we share rare access to the studio that made GTA V, and learn the game's inside story

In the in the latest edition of MCV, Sega goes hands on with Steam’s new controlller. It is yet another issue rammed with news and features,retailers make lots of money in September, Nintendo discuss the Wii U fight-back and we interview Xbox indie boss Chris Charla. And that’s on top …

GameDevNorth's Samuel Mottershaw explains how you can bring your development community together

Calling all developers: help the new guys out with your advice for start-ups

Space reserved for Kinect and apps to be redirected for game development

Harbottle & Lewis Partner Alan Moss takes a closer look at the OFT’s report on the impact of microtransactions on children, and the implications it has on our industry… While the report describes itself as one that is targeted at protecting children – the report is entitled ‘Children’s Online Games’ …

Studio president Leslie Benzies looks back on GTA and how the team shaped a blockbuster IP