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Expanding games publisher Square Enix and online publishing powerhouse Bigpoint have joined forces on a mystery new title. The game is apparently well into development” at Square Enix and will be published and marketed by Bigpoint in both Europe and North America on Bigpoint’s new portal. Virtually nothing is known …

Sony CEO Kaz Hirai will front a briefing in Tokyo next week to outline Sony’s new business strategy. Reuters reports that Sony is coming under increasing pressure to to turn around its business” after predicting a $2.7bn net loss for its current fiscal year. Obvious changes could revolve around its …

Next-Gen console to feature custom Radeon HD 7670 and AMD quad core processor with integrated graphics chip

The arms trade? Oil companies polluting the planet? Bankers bringing us to our knees? Companies that sell those absurd magnetic health bracelets? No, these are not the real corporate wrongdoers. It’s been an award winning start to 2012 for EA, and now the super publisher can add another accolade to …

XSeed Games is bringing acclaimed PS3 title Way of the Samurai 4 to PSN in the US one year after its Japan release. The action game was first released in Japan in March 2011, where it was published by Spike and developed by Acquire. It picked up a Gold Award …

Former employees of the 277 closed GAME stores are interested in opening their own independent games shop. Game Guide and Complete EPOS chief Chris Ratcliff explains how they can do it… Suddenly there’s a gap in the market and the indies are making hay while the sun shines and enquiries …

Hirokazu Yasuhara joins old console rival as game designer at Washington studio

Publisher claims to be victim of political harassment

Julie Shumaker to report to chief marketing and revenue officer Jeff Karp

With the celebrations over, what happens next? The Develop team finds out