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A new developer poll shows that while the number of employed women has trended upward in the past year, a significant wage gap remains a standard between men and women in what’s still a male-dominated industry. Border House Blog reports on findings from Game Developer Magazine’s 2012 survey that reveal …

Developer id Software has scrapped its earlier work on Doom 4 to work on a new version” of the game, publisher Bethesda has revealed. Several reports in late 2011 had suggested that work on Doom 4 had been halted indefinitely, but it now appears that id had scrapped that project …

Activision has recovered the rights to the King’s Quest franchise from Telltale Games, as The Walking Dead developer has confirmed it is no longer working on anything related to rebooting the classic adventure series. Steve Allison, Telltale’s Senior VP of publishing, toldDigital Trendsthat the studio returned the IP to Activision …

Disney has announced that it is shutting down LucasArts, the game development arm of Lucasfilm, choosing to outsource future Star Wars games to minimise risk. After evaluating our position in the games market, we’ve decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimising the company’s risk …

Angry Birds creator Rovio raked in $195m in revenue last year, thanks in large part to merchandise sales for the popular casual IP. The developer reports it brought in a net profit of $71.3m in 2012, up $25m from the previous year. Consumer products – such as clothing lines, plushies, …

Internal development team disbanded as company shifts to external licensing model

LucasArts is to be disbanded by new owner Disney. The firm’s game publishing and internal development business will close, with Lucas properties such as Star Wars to be licensed to external businesses, Game Informer reports. The full statement from Disney – which bought parent LucasFilm and the Star Wars franchise …

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog recommends tools and resources for porting apps

Earlier version of horror title 'did not exhibit the quality and excitement intended'

Profits up £17 million as number of game downloads surpasses 1.7 billion