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Publishers Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts have announced that as of December 15th 2011 long-running MMO Star Wars Galaxies will be no more. Subscriptions for the game are no longer available and its associated digital store has been closed. Current subscribers will be offered a free two-month trial on any …

A praiseworthy 33 per cent week-on-week sales spike has seen 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness hold tight as the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1 this week. It’s the second highest sales week on record for the title, coming 31 weeks after it was first released. Warner’s FEAR 3 manages a …

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In a rare interview, Sony group SN Systems explains to Develop how it's making PS Vita as easy to as possible to build games for

George Hotz, the man best known for crippling the security measures seen in the likes of the iPhone and PS3, has reportedly got a job with social networking giant Facebook. TechUnwrapped reports that he joined the company on June 17th. "Facebook is really an amazing place to work…first hackathon over," …

Television Broadcast Europe, Music Week, Pro Sound News Europe and others bought in £2.4 million deal

After close to two months of digital torment and mischief, hacking group LulzSec has officially announced its retirement. Though not before it unleashed one final assault – this time on publisher EA. Its final act was to release around half a million usernames and encrypted passwords pertaining to users of …

Independent business media specialist and MCV publisher Intent Media has agreed to acquire the UK entertainment and technology product portfolio of UBM plc for a total cash consideration of 2.4m. Intent specialises in entertainment, technology and leisure markets. Its portfolio already consists of over a dozen market leading online, print …

Develop speaks to Adotomi, creators of a new developer API for Facebook

Internet and corporate giant Google looks to be very much on track for its long-rumoured assault on the games market. A new job listing from the firm seeks a ‘games product manager’ based in California. "Rare opportunity to grow a brand-new business – Games at Google!" the description reads. "We …