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There’s no end to the list of adversities the games industry had to fend off in the last 12 months to ensure a prosperous 2011. The global economic meltdown has provided a horrific backdrop for the country, and none have been affected worse than retail. And as a response retail …

A glut of Q4 blockbusters rescued the UK games market from the ten-year low it hit over the summer. Smash hits like Modern Warfare 3, FIFA 12, Battlefield 3, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and more kept retailers busy, while consumer events GAMEfest and Eurogamer Expo drew in thousands of gaming …

Mark Rein looks at Unreal Engine 3's role in the latest Batman game

‘Hack’ appeared in the headlines so often during the summer of 2011, the word almost lost all meaning. Not only was there the much-publicised phone hacking scandal that saw the News of the World closed and someone smash a custard pie in Rupert Murdoch’s face, there were also several attacks …

September marked the battle of the consumer events, with Eurogamer facing off against GAME. It began at BAFTA’s video game awards in March, when the retailer announced GAMEfest would take place in Birmingham NEC between September 16th to 18th. One week before Eurogamer Expo. Eurogamer MD Rupert Loman told MCV …

The frontier boss looks at the impact UK tax systems have on the high tech industries

Uncharted 3's lead actors on why actors have a new role to play in game development

Handheld announcements, the launch of 3DS and the first of many hack attacks made for an eventful start to the year. The early months of 2011 gave the world its first glimpse at what would become the PlayStation Vita, its first chance to take 3DS home, the launch of a …

Develop celebrates the year's end with inspirational, interesting, and stunningly incompetent moments

Hacking has been one of the hottest stories of the year. From Wikileaks uncovering Government documents, to News of the World journalists breaking into the phones of celebrities, the storyof security breaches has dominated the headlines. But A-listers and political bodies weren’t the only victims – the games world was …