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Steve Ballmer, the bullish CEO of Microsoft, has outlined his determination to stop Apple having things its own way in its key markets. Admitting that Microsoft has in the past ceded some of the boundary between hardware and software innovation to Apple” the exec would have the world believe that …

Develop Conference: 'The company that migrates these the best will be the most successful, says Eugene Evans

For the first time ever, Android has accounted for over half of the overall smartphone sales in key global markets over a 12 week period. Kantar Worldpanel ComTech says that Android’s OS accounted for over 50 per cent of the sector in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, US and Australia. …

Metal Gear Solid 4 will at last receive a patch that will introduce support for PS3’s Trophy system. Andriasang reports that the news was broken by Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima in an interview in this week’s issue of Japanese weekly Famitsu. Trophies will be integrated into disc copies of …

Develop Conference: 'We now have at least a ten year gap in teaching Computer Science in the UK', says David Braben

Develop Conference: 'People want to play anytime they want, wherever they want', says Eugene Evans

Xbox 720 will be more than just a games console – Microsoft wants it to replace all of the boxes currently sitting under your television. That’s the prediction of Michael Pachter who yesterday told an audience at the Develop Conference that Microsoft has a strategy to take over the world”, …

The developers behind Tekken X Street Fighter have said the game is still coming to current generation consoles. The Namco and Capcom collaboration was first announced in 2010, but there has been no word on when it will be released. However, this silence doesn’t mean it has been pushed back …

Develop Conference: 'Some of these companies blew through an unbelievable amount of money', claims Eugene Evans

While fans are no doubt waiting for Zelda HD, Shigeru Miyamoto has other Nintendo properties on his Wii U wish list. The iconic developer told IGN he is interested in seeing how Metroid would benefit from the upcoming console and its tablet-like GamePad controller. "With Metroid, it’s very easy to …