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BioWare’s James Ohlen announced his departure from Bioware yesterday, via a statement made on Twitter. Ohlen, who has been with Bioware for 22 years, was best known for his work as lead designer on titles like Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2, Neverwinter Nights and creative director on Star Wars: The …

So just how did work-for-hire studio Digital Extremes use the free-to-play model to take control of its own destiny?

You’ve been the CEO of Jagex for 18 months now – what’s the biggest thing you’ve learnt? Something I always considered previously and which has become even more apparent now as CEO, is that everything we do is connected to people. Vision, creativity, technology, processes… those are all of course …

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From concept art to final rigged models at triple-A quality

Speaking at Develop: Brighton, Phil Mansell – the CEO of Jagex – revealed that Runescape has generated more than $800m (£605m) over the game’s 17 year life. The MMO has also racked up over 250m player accounts and despite its age, Mansell claims that the game’s user base is still …

Against a background of GDPR and rising costs, are non-payers part of the solution to making your free-to-play game pay?

Indie is dead, long live indie! At Develop:Brighton, Mike Bithell and Rami Ismail discussed the evolution of indie development and gave advice to aspiring devs

England may have lost, but the Develop Awards had 19 winners

Winners announced for ceremony honouring talent and hard work in games development