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Two soon-to-be-unemployed staff at recently closed developer Black Rock have candidly told Develop that they believe the publisher had made the decision to close the outfit at the start of the year. Together they say "this is a painted as a family friendly company, but has treated us very badly" …

Customers flocked to gaming stores to purchase tennis titles last week as Wimbledon got underway. Sega’s Virtua Tennis 4 hit No.5 in the UK Charts this week and 2K Sports’ Top Spin 4 reached eighth postition. In fact, were it not for the widespread stock issues on the latter title …

Having made a name for himself as the man who failed to trademark the word ‘Edge’, Tim Langdell has taken a short break from laughable litigation to do the unthinkable – he’s released a video game. Published by Langdell’s Edge Games, Edgebobby 2 is currently available on the Apple App …

The creators of LittlBigPlanet will be interviewed by Phil Harrison at this month's event

It looks like 2007 PC hit Crysis could be coming to PS3 as well as Xbox 360. Last week a rating from Korean games regulators suggested that the game was to be released on consoles for the first time – a claim supposedly backed up by EA Korea. Now a …

The online hubs for Xbox and Games for Windows are to be merged on July 11th, platform holder Microsoft has announced. The move will merge the company’s disparate PC and console gaming brands. "All of the same content from GamesForWindows.com will be available on Xbox.com so members of communities across …

Education minister Michael Gove MP discusses the benefits of computer games as teaching tools

Could F2P bring Blizzard's subscriber levels up past their peak?

EA is shelling out some extra digital goodies for those who pre-order September’s FIFA 12. Customers who pre-order the GAME and Gamestation exclusive FIFA 12: Ultimate Edition will get 24 free Ultimate Team Gold Packs, for use with the Ultimate Team game mode. They will be available at a rate …

Around ten developers working on The Learning Company games let go