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The recent introduction of Steam Greenlight has undergone a somewhat troubled launch. Greenlight, for those not in the know, allows amateur devs to upload their games for the Steam userbase to vote on. Those that prove the most popular are then listed on Steam proper. The headline grabber of the …

Our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, continues to explore the various career paths open to those in the games industry. Today, we talk to Alex Croft, who is Gem’s Group Strategy Development Director – but what does that even mean? How would you summarise your role?Very broad …

Print is dead, right? Readers have moved on to websites, social media, tablets, smartphones – and yet a core of print publications still exist. So how are the UK’s magazine giants keeping their brands alive? Earlier this year, figures from the Audit Bureau of Certification showed that monthly sales of …

After some four years of development, indie studio 24 Caret Games finally released its startlingly unique downloadable PS3 title Retro/Grade last month. Described as a rhythm-based backwards sidescrolling shooter, Retro/Grade sparkles with polish as soon as the main menu and loading screens appear.The game has players starting out literally at …

Author and consultant steps in as non-executive director

Print is a dying medium, right? Well, try telling that to the almost 230,000 people that read Moshi Monsters every month, or Game Informer’s ludicrous 7.5m subscribers (8.16m readers in total). Talk of Nintendo Power’s impending closure may imply that the magazine is struggling, but it still retains 475,000 loyal …

Crowdfunding isn’t just being used to create new games brand – it’s bringing new life to old ones as well. UK developer Silverball Studios has kicked off a Kickstarter campaign to fund the revival of the popular Pro Pinball series. The franchise first emerged in 1995, but has not been …

It was very, very nearly revealed at E3 back in June, but talk of a longer than expected wait for Xbox 720 is bubbling up once again. "We have heard no word yet from Microsoft or Sony about their plans to launch new consoles,” Michael Pachter said in his regular …

Develop takes a look at the latest update to the Enlighten illumination tool

Follow-up to studio's 'Weekender' event to deliver a series of talks on gaming in public spaces