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Jerry Yang, one of the two entrepreneurs that created Yahoo, has resigned from the company’s board of directors. He co-founded the firm with David Filo in 1995 and has been on the board of directors since March of that year. He was Yahoo’s CEO from June 2007 to January 2009, …

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Develop asks the Lords of Football developer if Gianluca Vialli's involvement is more than a celebrity endorsement

Develop takes a look at the firm behind memory manager Elephant

Develop takes a look inside the Scottish animation studio

Rising Star Games will unleash more than ten releases in the first half of 2012, including a new Harvest Moon. Five of these titles will be released on Nintendo 3DS, such as retro arcade game Bit.Trip Saga in Q1, fishing title Super Black Bass 3D and puzzler Cradle of Rome …

Onlive’s new UK base will also help it grow in Europe. The firm’s Bruce Grove – previously senior director of engineering and one of OnLive’s first employees – took the role of UK GM before Christmas. He is now working on a more ‘British’ side to the business.And he’s looking …

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Green Man Gaming has appointed respected industry figures to its senior management team. The new recruits comeas the UK-based digital retailer begins to expand across Europe. The firm has signed former Metaboli and GAME exec Paul Howes as commercial director. Howes has held senior roles at Mindscape and Infogrames before …