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Develop gets up close and personal with GDC Europe 2011 event director Frank Sliwka

Quantic Dream, Insomniac and even CCP Games could join the fleet

We profile the Euro, American and Japanese groups shaping PlayStation

Dare to be Digital 2011 team Digital Knights talks exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title Joust!.

Four more games companies have backed this year’s Games Media Awards in association with Grainger Games. These include Sega, cloud gaming service OnLive, digital distributor Green Man Gaming and media company The Games Tribe. They join a range of sponsors for the Games Media Awards 2011 in association with Grainger …

Casual games Zynga has announced it is currently working on a Facebook version of Words With Friends. The hugely popular Scrabble-esque is Zynga’s biggest mobile title. The firm bought the game’s original developer Newtoy back in December. Consumers can currently signing up for updates on the launch by "Liking" the …

By introducing real money auctions for virtual items in Diablo III Blizzard has upped its game in the fight against illegal ‘gold farmers’. For online games such as World of Warcraft where it can take months or even years to forge a strong character, time is money. Forget monthly subscriptions …

Canadian studio United Front Games has returned from the brink with the backing of new partner Square Enix, with the Tokyo publisher revealing it will revive the True Crime project. United Front spent some three years building True Crime: Hong Kong, but in February Activision rocked the studio by unexpectedly …

Sony has announced it has acquired Infamous and Sly Cooper studio Sucker Punch Productions for an undisclosed fee. The Washington-based developer – which has around 75 employees – attracted Sony with its successful range of PS3-exclusive titles, reports Reuters. Sony already owned the rights to most of the studio’s IP. …

Hugely popular mobile game currently being converted for social network