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A host of new DLC for some of gaming’s biggest titles has been announced overnight. First up, having only hit UK retail today, the first digital content update for Sony’s Killzone 3 has already been updated. Called the ‘Steel Rain Map Pack’, it will include two new multiplayer maps – …

Negotiations for a merger between Britain’s two biggest game trade bodies have broken down, Develop can reveal. Tiga will today issue a statement to the press claiming it is no longer considering a merger with UKIE. It appears that Tiga, the association for developers, was the group most interested in …

New conference introduced to run alongside Develop and Evolve at July event

Games trade associations to remain separate

At Microsoft’s Xbox 360 showcase last night EA made the startling claim that Crysis 2 will not take any sort of performance knock when its 3D mode is enabled. In many previous 3D games users have had to endure a drop in visual detail, resolution and often framerate compared to …

Undoubtedly it’s not the start Microsoft would have wanted – the firm has admitted that as many as one in ten updates to Windows Phone 7 handsets have resulted in significant technical problems. The platform holder has blamed a combination of poor internet connections and insufficient computer space. However, it …

LEGO Group picks up studio's former staff as part of LEGO Universe transition

LEGO Universe has been acquired by the LEGO Group, as well as a handful of staff from the game’s developer NetDevil. The Group purchased the Warner-published MMO earlier this week, according to Joystiq. The retained NetDevil members will continue to work on the game going forwards. The studio is owned …

Sony is hiring new members for an anti-piracy team following a spate of PS3 hacking and security breaches. SCEA placed job listings on its recruitment page – which have now been removed – reports IGN. These were for a senior corporate counsel and senior paralegal to develop and implement an …

New Liverpool studio hopes to create 50 jobs