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2012 has seen publishing giant Ubisoft unveil new IP, take its flagship brand to new heights and even sign a couple of Hollywood movie deals. And it has continued to release games based on licences from other forms of entertainment, such as the Marvel Avengers title for Kinect and Wii …

Dean Hall, the creator of DayZ, has claimed that the saga surrounding the launch of rival title The War Z made him consider quitting the industry. The War Z was pulled from Steam yesterday following a raft of complaints from gamers due to false claims made in the game’s product …

Black Isle Studios to develop 'proof of concept' prototype

ComScore data suggests that Samsung will soon bypass Apple to become the top choice smartphone brand in the UK. For the three months ending October 2013 Apple claimed a 28 per cent share of total UK smartphone subscribers aged 13 and above. That’s a year-on-year gain of 1.5 per cent. …

Those poor devs over at 22Cans are certainly being worked very hard. Peter Molyneux has for the first time spoken about his studio’s THIRD game, which is due for release some time after the successful Kickstarted Godus. "The world we live in now; it’s insanely fast. That’s why we had …

Left 4 Dead and Assassin's Creed creators working on new titles for publisher

We list some of the biggest stories Develop has covered this year that sparked debate and controversy

Valve is now enabling all Steam users to access the Linux beta through the digital store. There are currently 39 games available including the likes of Team Fortress 2, World of Goo, Frozen Synapse, Killing Floor and Amnesia: The Dark Descent, with the library of titles likely to grow over …

Publisher reiterates there will be no redundancies and development on games will continue

The documents supporting THQ’s filing for bankruptcy have shed light on the firm’s upcoming slate of games. Most intriguingly, we have the first details of the game Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Desilets is working on for the company, plus sales expectations for both announced and unannounced games. He left his …