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Developer takes on the banks with a game tackling the economic system and your morals

Our new series of Intel Developer Blogs starts with advice and tips on testing your app in a meaningful way

French publisher Ubisoft has stated that it would consider moving for some of THQ’s assets were the company’s troubles to deepen. "They have good things," Ubisoft chairman and CEO Yves Guillemot told Games Industry. "We are always interested in good brands. It’s something we can consider, but I can’t tell …

Serious Games International has bolstered its games industry experience with the appointment of several senior industry figures. Mark Stanger, Gary Knight, Paul Ranson, Felix Bradshaw and Mark Cottam join the organisations which was set up to combine game development talent with academic research in the arena of serious games, and …

New hires have worked with Sega, Codemasters and Eidos

Wonderbook: Book of Spells hits shelves this week, and to mark its arrival MCV has published a special trade supplement devoted to the new product. As well as details on the marketing, PR, plus retail plans, we also speak to Sony’s UK boss Fergal Gara and the Wonderbook game director …

Playground Games' Trevor Williams on building up a new studio

Consumers who use the new PS3 lv0 bootloader key to play games illegally online are being banned from PSN. Unauthorised software for the PlayStation 3 system was recently released by hackers,” a Sony statement reads. Use of such software violates the terms of the ‘System Software License Agreement for the …

Embattled publisher could face bankruptcy, according to financial break down

The narrative for this Q4 has already been written to some extent, but the industry’s big triple-A’s are looking to prove it wrong. Both the UK and US markets are significantly down year-on-year and the belief that the market has peaked and consoles are losing popularity is becoming increasingly commonplace. …