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Microsoft and accessory manufacturer Datel have settled their Xbox 360 patent infringement and antitrust cases against each other. Staffordshire-based Datel originally took Microsoft to court in November 2009 after claiming a 360 dashboard update was issued to block certain Datel accessories from working, reports Bloomberg. These included Datel’s Max Memory …

Nick Gibson looks at why Europe is struggling with industry investment

New York based casual and social games developer Arkadium has signed a strategic multi-year, multi-game partnership” with Xbox and Windows platform holder Microsoft. The studio’s titles reach an audience of over 10m users each month on Facebook and other social gaming sites. It claims to have the largest Flash games …

The Valve founder shares his wisdom as part of Develop's new series of job-hunting tips

Microsoft can seemingly do no right when it comes to indie developers on Xbox Live, but a new set of policy changes may go some way toward appeasing the indie dev community. Three major changes have now been made to the Indie Games developer T&C’s. First, games can now be …

Imported copies of Star Wars: The Old Republic are being sold via EB Games to customers who specifically pre-order the title. The hotly anticipated MMO left Australian / New Zealand gamers wanting last year when it was announced that the gamewouldn’t be releasinghere at the same time as the rest …

Yu Suzuki has hinted at a possible move to acquire the rights to the Shenmue franchise from Sega. And of course, the only reason he would make such a move would be to finally get to work on the long demanded Shenmue III. "Shenmue’slicense is an IP that belongs to …

The re-birth of the Flight Simulator series, Microsoft Flight, will be free to download and play, Microsoft has confirmed. The game will feature a replica of Hawaii’s main island and offer a daily challenge and free updates. Furthermore, gamers who sign in with a Live account will receive additional free …

Event to focus on success factors in game design and how other markets can benefit

Middleware firm recruiting 'in a number of positions'