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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

Tim Heaton looks at the importance of statistics and analytics for developers

Our monthly delve into industry courses for all your educational needs

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Despite a handful of new releases hitting shelves, the UK games retail market only grew by a fraction during the week ending March 31st. Sadly it’s becoming a regular occurrence in the charts, and one that’s been exacerbated this week with hundreds of GAME?and Gamestation stores closing down. Games retail …