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Twelve months after Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada predicted the demise of physical media, another games industry stalwart has declared that the days of packaged games are numbered. John Carmack, one of the most respected and longstanding game programmers in the world, believes digital distribution is the natural and inevitable …

Distimo report finds an Xbox whitewash in the WP7 top 10

The App Store model will reign, says id Softwareâ??s star programmer

Games occupy the Top 10 slots in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace’s paid applications chart, according to research from analytics firm Distimo. What’s more, with prices between $2.99 and $6.99, the chart has yet to be dominated by iOS-style 99-cent titles. Games account for 40% of the 100 most popular …

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has sold over 1m copies across Europe in less than a week, publisher Ubisoft has told MCV. The swift success of the game makes it the publisher’s fastest-selling game ever in the European territories, and overall the publisher’s biggest franchise. To date, the Assassin’s Creed games have …

Publisher Atari has confirmed that Test Drive Unlimited 2 will be released in the UK on February 11th. A number of pre-order incentives have also been revealed. Those putting money down at GAME, Amazon, HMV, Play or supermarket Asda will receive the Casino DLC for free. The Casino allows players …

One week to go to if you want to show off your studio's rising stars

Muzyka and Zeschuk take on rapid-fire questions in a new Develop FAQ

Both GAME and Gamestation are offering customers and extra 20 per cent on their normal trade-in price for anyone who hands over their old hardware between today (November 26th) and Thursday December 9th. As an example, the retailers will now offer 180 for a 160GB PS3 – until today it …

Having hit Japanese retail last weekend, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect reportedly sold around 26k units in its first two days on sale. Like in the UK, Kinect in Japan is bundled with a copy of Kinect Adventures. Sales include both standalone and units bundled with the 4GB and 250GB variants …