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UK boxed game sales have just suffered their worst month this year. July’s GfK Chart-Track data shows the full extent of the market decline. Games retailers generated 44.76m last month, a drop of 26.4 per cent compared to the same period the year before. In terms of unit sales, 2,327,966 …

Mojang tells Develop why it must remain indie under the pressures of stardom

As Minecraft edges towards its full launch, Mojang's Markus Persson and Daniel Kaplan discuss fame, fortune and the future

Side and The Creative Assembly sign up to popular clash of intellects

EA CEO John Riccitiello has announced a number of promotions and a new label at the global publisher. Writing on the company’s official blog, he has confirmed that Peter Moore is now Chief Operating Officer of EA, and Frank Gibeau will serve as President of the EA Labels. Moore steps …

Riccitiello once again pushes his business as the most proactive in games

Dare to be Digital 2011 team Funbox talks exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title The Lost Memories.

The NPD Group Australia has released its top ten all formats charts by units for Australia for the first half of 2011. Call of Duty: Black Ops came out on top, defeating all major new releases in the first half of the year including Australian-developed LA Noire and Crysis 2. …

Seamus Byrne, publisher and managing editor of technology (Kotaku, Gizmodo and Lifehacker) at Allure Media is leaving to become editor of CNET Australia. Byrne took on his role at Allure (after previously having had a stint in 2007 as the editor of Gizmodo) in early 2010. He had previously made …

Bubble Gum Interactive (BGI), Sydney-based developer of Little Space Heroes, has announced that it has secured almost AUD$250’000 in government funding. The developer has been hard at work on creating its ‘virtual universe for kids’ since 2010, and will be launching with a freemium pay scheme in late 2011. BGI …