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Gamescom is seeing a stronger early demand than it did last year, with EA, Nintendo and more already confirming attendance. More companies have taken advantage of the early bird booking period this year than 2010, with the online and browser game hall nine almost already sold out. Trade show Gamescom …

Call of Duty: Black Ops has once again secured to the top spot of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Charts. Thanks to 192 per cent increase in sales, Treyarch’s shooter has now racked up eight No.1s since its release in November – one less than its predecessor Modern Warfare 2. …

Cult Japanese shoot-em-up developer Cave has confirmed that it is to port quirky shooter Deathsmiles to iOS devices this spring. The announcement comes on the back of the game’s PAL Xbox 360 release courtesy of Rising Star Games last Friday. Andriasang reports that the iOS version will be a port …

Develop Legend Award winner to receive academyâ??s highest honour

Piracy in the PC games sector is in decline, according to the president of the PC Gaming Alliance. The shift to free-to-play models and supplemental content via download has lessened the value of pirated games copies, Matt Ployhar claims. "What’s happening is game design is shifting and as a result …

The Game Developers Conference is just days away - here's Develop's guide to the best lectures, keynotes and roundtables on offer

We’ve got a whiff of the next big thing in gaming – and it’s smell-o-vision. Scent Sciences Corporation has told MCV it will release the ‘innovative’ (and fragrant!) ScentScape device worldwide in Q4 this year. The machine is plugged into a PC via a USB port and contains 20 scent …

Europe is now Sega’s biggest boxed games market, thanks to the continued performance of Football Manager 2011. The management sim has now sold 690,000 units in Europe and the US across PSP and PC. Sega’s European chief Jurgen Post says the game’s success has helped Europe shift more games than …

Develop speaks to experts across the industry to find out

Develop looks at the potential of this new trend, and the dangers within