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Attempt to legislate video game sales to minors added to state budget woes

Crytek release free SDK with integrated GUI tools

Pre-registration discount still available to conference attendees until February 29th

David Solari has joined Cambridge publisher Jagex as chief marketing officer. Solari joins following 14 years at Codemasters. His most recent role was vice president and general manager of Codemasters Online Gaming. In that role, he oversaw the launc of Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, Archlord …

Latest updates and developments to be showcased at event

xaitMap and xaitcontrol to add features such as NavMesh generation and pathfinding

Blizzard Entertainment is the next major games studio to embrace free-to-play and will apply the model in an upcoming, as yet unannounced game, Develop understands. Following some eight years of success with its trailblazing MMO World of Warcraft, it is said that the California studio will expand business opportunities and …

World of Warcraft developer to continue experimenting with monetisation models

GAME stores are confirming that they will not be stocking the standard edition of Nintendo’s Wii title The Last Story tomorrow. Furthermore, the game has been removed from both the GAME and Gamestation websites and customers who had pre-orders in place have been notified of their cancellation. Yesterday the retailer …

Troubled retailers GAME and HMV have held crucial talks with its major suppliers. HMV invited its key games partners to its offices earlier in the month in order to discuss how they can better support the struggling entertainment giant. The event was an intimate affair, which publishers in the room …