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Today marks the UK release of what many hope will be the turning point in the MMO genre’s stuttering fortunes on consoles – Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online. To date the only MMO titles to launch on current-gen machines are Square Enix’ Final Fantasy XI and Sega’s Phantasy Star …

CryEngine company becomes the latest to embrace mobile games development

The 3DS is just weeks away and, as revealed earlier this week, the true successor to the PSP will be with us by the end of the year. But rather than just the clash of two hardware formats, 2011’s handheld confrontation is going to be fought on an entirely different …

Facebook will drive growth by 28 per cent, study claims

Develop presents the best new openings of the week

Growing British Facebook game dev 'will retain creative control'

A boxed compilation of classic Dreamcast games will not arrive on PS3 when it hits shelves on February 25th. Dreamcast Collection for Xbox 360 and PC includes Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, Sega Bass Fishing and Space Channel 5: Part 2. PC owners will also be able to download the entire …

Microsoft’s motion controller launched with plenty of third-party support, but Ubisoft has claimed it is already the biggest third-party publisher on Kinect. The company released three titles at launch: Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, Motion Sports and Fighters Uncaged. Ubisoft believes this puts it far ahead of the competition and that …

Sony has announced on the PlayStation blog that PS3 racer MotorStorm: Apocalypse will be released in the UK on March 16th. Notably, the release comes some way before the game is due to arrive at US retail on April 12th. The third instalment in the MotorStorm series, the first of …

Publisher says its mobile division was not privy to Twisted Pixel publishing talks before making 'copycat' title