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Developer Spark Unlimited has come in for criticism from the publisher that employed it to make Lost Planet 3. Spark was named as the game’s developer a year ago – a surprise to many seeing as two of its recent titles, Legendary: The Box and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, …

Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central Chi Onwurah has asked Parliament to address the lack of females employed in UK games development. The call to action was made last night in a discussion about low-level female employment in the tech sector ahead of today’s International Girls in ICT Day. …

Unreleased titles such as Insomniac's Fuse will not be affected by closure, claim multiple sources

Develop speaks to experts about what the new era of consoles will mean for education

The financial terms of the final round of THQ’s IP auctions has been divulged. Nordic’s swoop for a host of IP including Darksiders, Red Faction and Destroy All Humans was valued at $4.9m. Gearbox, meanwhile, paid a not insignificant $1.35m for the Homeworld IP. Also confirmed was the sale of …

EA Partners, the publishing label through which EA published games developed by external independent developers, is being shut down, reports have suggested. The news comes from Game Informer, which has quoted multiple sources as saying that the move is part of an EA restructuring, which recently saw the departure of …

Capcom has teased a reveal for something regarding Okami. IGN points to a post on the franchise’s official Japanese Twitter account, translating to: "Hello, this is Okami news. Sorry I’ve been kind of out of touch lately, but I have the feeling we’ll be able to drop a fresh announcement …

Zynga has posted its financial reports for Q1 2013, showing a mixed-bag of results for the social gaming firm. Farmville 2 showed good legs, with 40m active users each month. Zynga stated the game exceeded company expectations and called it a breakout hit.” Net income was up $4.1m overall, a …

Akamai releases new "State of the Internet" report showing growth in broadband speeds

EA is reportedly set to close EA Partners, the firm’s program for providing contract-based publishing services for third-party developers. Game Informer cites multiple anonymous sources close to the matter” that state the label will soon shut down. Partners previously brought about partnerships with the likes of Harmonix (Rock Band), Valve …