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Hypership out of Control Dev claims XBLIG has been buried by the new dashboard

Trefis price estimate results in a deflated value, but growth is expected.

Torrent site closes due to feared legal action

Flexibly priced platform breaks $25,000 in nine hours

US based Seth Tipps joins Develop editorial team

A design director at developer Volition has claimed that any next-gen move to block the use of pre-owned software would be fantastic”. I think this would be a fantastic change for our business and even though the consumers would be up in arms about it at first they will grow …

[#AltDevBlogADay] Volition design director Jameson Durall explores the pre-owned issue from a developer's perspective

Apple appears to have deleted a range of App Store games that were found to be infringing on copyright law as well as unethically duplicating popular game designs. The US App Store has removed counterfeit apps such as Plant vs Zombie, Angry Ninja Birds and Temple Jump, according to news …

But some clones reached top of App Store chart before being pulled

Square Enix has reported a 175.2 per cent jump in net income for nine months ending December 31st 2011. Total net income for the period hit 5,013m (41.4m). Operating income was up 24.5 per cent at 11,220m. Net sales fell 2.5 per cent, however, to 95,738m. The publisher now expects …