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Nintendo DS was the UK’s biggest selling games device of 2010, MCV understands. Although sales decreased year-on-year, combined sales of DSi, DSi XL and DS Lite just outstripped 360 by just over 50,000 units, according to our retail sources. Since going on sale in 2004 DS has become the most …

Nintendo’s 3DS could save the struggling UK games market, claim industry bosses. Worrying figures from GfK Chart-Track this week revealed that the UK games market contracted 13 per cent year-on-year in 2010 – down 29 per cent since the Wii/DS boom of 2008. 2.875 billion was generated from software, hardware …

Develop highlights great starting opportunities from its jobs page

Ninja Theory uses Unreal Engine 3 to double down on creativity

Game employment in US state rockets after govt aid

It’s new hardware, but possibly not as you expected it. Former platform holder Sega has launched a new range of machines in Japan… that attach to male urinals. Wired reports that the new devices, called ‘Toylets’, have been rolled out for testing at a number of locations in Tokyo. Each …

The Mac version of the Apple App Store has this afternoon gone live around the world. The online portal, highly similar to the iOS version in terms of function and presentation, comes bundled with Mac OSX update v10.6.6 It is said that 1,000 free and paid-for apps are already available …

Meet Wonky Woo, from senior dev staff to family man with his eye on the app market

Scottishgames.net editor Brian Baglow offers insight

70 per cent royalty rate on offer for app devs