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We don’t really need to say how difficult 2011 has been for UK games retail. Year-to-date, 44,243,352 games have been sold generating 1.14bn in revenue. That’s 12.7 per cent down in units and seven per cent down in value compared to 2010. But for all the bleak figures, there was …

Alex Freed talks to Develop about scripting the much-hyped MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic

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Studio raises more than £110,000 in revenue from all apps in 2011

CryEngine boss Carl Jones says dev pipelines need to be 'super-fast and robust'

Square Enix has announced that the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be getting an exclusive piece of DLC not available on the PS3. It takes the form of a weapon – a bow called Azrael that can be used by FFXII-2 character Serah. It was designed ion …

Sony’s Tablet S has just been updated to allow for PS3 controller support. Engadgetreports users in Japan can now use connect a Dualshock 3 pad to the tablet, and even play wirelessly after the initial connection. Users of the Tablet S will need to buy an additional USB adapter cable …

No personal information was accessed following the recent security breach of Square Enix member servers in Japan and North America. This is despite the publisher revealing last week that up to 1.8 million accounts may have been compromised, with information including customer names, phone numbers and e-mails. As a result, …

The latest figures from Japanese stats body Media Create shows that the PlayStation Vita claimed a sell-through of around 65 per cent over its opening weekend. It pins the two-day sales figures at 325k units for the weekend of December 17th and 18th. In total Sony shipped in the region …

Analyst issues 'outperform' stock rating for the Farmville firm