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Minecraft creator Markus Notch” Persson had made a public declaration of opposition to Microsoft’s Windows 8 platform. Microsoft has been certifying software since the days of Windows XP. Certification is supposed to offer the user a certain quality benchmark and requires software to meet a number of technical requirements. However, …

The casual gaming giant's former CMO tells Develop why he left and joined multimedia firm GSN

Our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, has already looked at creating a succinct CV, but in the development world there’s something else to consider. Leading recruitment agency OPM offers advice on why more effort should be put into a winning demo reel or portfolio. DEMO WORK – …

Vegetarians and squeamish types might want to turn away. Capcom will tomorrow open the world’s first human butchery at London’s famous Smithfields meat market. It will trade for two days from Friday September 28th. It’s fronted by fictional butcher Wesker & Son and will offer members of the public the …

It’s a Call of Duty game. Made by Treyarch. And that, as well know by now, means zombies. And this year, it will mean more zombies than ever before. Polygon reports that the game will for the first time support eight players simultaneously – a significant evolution for a game …

In part two of our interview with Jayont R Sharma, chariman and CEO of Milestone Interactive, he tells us about the company’s new business ventures – namely retail and game development – as well as the opportunities for venturing into video game rentals and digital distribution. You can read part …

There is 'no proper marketplace' for digital games on Nintendo platforms, claims dev

If you thought free to download PC game Slender: The Eight Pages was scary, then the next chapter in the Slenderman’s video game career could just finish you off. Slender: The Arrival was revealed last week, but a few more detail about the game have been dug up. It’s being …

External testing period to commence later in October for 1,000 users

Publishing giant Future is seemingly making good on its plans to successfully transition into the new digital world. The company reports that it has sold over 5m worth of digital magazines for Apple devices in the last 11 months, or since the launch of Apple Newsstand. T3 is the current …