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We profile Richard Jacques' audio work on Bizarre Creations' final project

Madfinger Gamesâ?? co-founder Marek Rabas discusses Samurai II: Vengeance

Develop continues its profiles of emerging and leading technology

Brighton studio believes diversifying is key after years of PS3 work

Having ditched retail, the Brighton indie has opened its iPhone account with an all-new title

CEO Eric Schmidt reveals Nokia were close to Android agreement

Publisher Sega is spending big to make sure Shogun 2: Total War is the best-selling PC game of Q1. The firm has teamed up with The History Channel for a series of three-minute Shogun 2 TV ad break takeovers, which will air for two weeks around the game’s March 15th …

Star Wars company hires experienced industry exec, reports claim, following turbulent year

As was rumoured last month, Nintendo of America has confirmed that it will produce more copies of last year’s Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition for the Wii. Kotaku reports that the company has said it will produce a "final run" of the game, with the next shipment due to arrive …

UK studio Rare is at the centre of conflicting accounts of layoffs across its art department. An individual, said to be an inside studio source, has claimed that Rare’s entire art team – apparently 42 staff – have been told their jobs are at risk. The anonymous source, speaking to …