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'We're working with partners trying to nail down how fast we can make it,' says Newell

­Develop looks at a UI solution famed in the motor industry that's relevant for devs

A Russian website has gone live with what seem to be the first images from Square Enix’s Thief 4. The publisher has previously confirmed that the game is in development at Deus Ex: Human Revolution developer Eidos Montreal. This new leak claims that the game is due out on PC …

Lower than expected sales of Dead Space 3 have forced EA to cancel the sequel and effectively axe the IP, a report claims. VideoGamer has word from an unspecified source that Dead Space 4 was already in pre-production at Visceral Games. However, sales of former UK No.1 Dead Space 3 …

BAFTA-winning student Sophia George calls on more female developers to enter industry

Sony’s second Wonderbook title for PS3 will be released in the UK and Europe in May. Wonderbook: Diggs Nightcrawler is an original IP with a detective theme. It will again use the Wonderbook itself and the PlayStation Eye camera, although this time use of the PlayStation Move controller is optional. …

Developer Crystal Dynamics is working with GK Films on a film reboot of the Lara Croft franchise. The news, of course, follows today’s release of Lara Croft’s gaming reboot Tomb Raider. To date two Tomb Raider films have been made, but the weak commercial and critical performance of the second …

Sony Pictures and Screen Gems have confirmed that Resident Evil 6 is on the way and will be in cinemas on September 12th2014. There has been no confirmation that Milla Jovovich will return as Alice or that Paul W.S. Anderson will be back in the director’s chair. The box office …

Activision has confirmed the name of its first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game. Called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the release was first touted as part of Activision’s multi-year deal with Nickelodeon last month. This new third person brawler will be released on Xbox Live Arcade, the …

Update: EA’s Peter Moore has called Videogamer’s report a "fabrication" in a comment on GamesIndustry.biz, shortly after the publisher’s US corportate communications team issued a statement calling the news of Dead Space 4’s cancellation "patently false." Moore called the report "Standard, shoddy website journalism recipe, born out of a desperate …