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Contact Sales expects its business to grow by 25 per cent this year, courtesy of the PC software market. The UK company owns the Excalibur Publishing and First Class Simulations labels and has released a wide range of PC titles over the course of the year. Contact Sales MD Robert …

Digital distributor TripleACodes has inked a new deal with MMO developer Funcom. The company is now an official distributor for Age of Conan products across Europe, such as game clients and subscription codes. It will also distribute Funcom’s first expansion pack for the MMO, Rise of the Godslayer, which was …

Offering unprecedented insight, former Xbox boss Ed Fries pulls the curtain back on how Microsoft joined the console race

Ed Fries reveals the tumultuous 24 months that led to the launch of Microsoft's console

One of the leading lights of the 3D entertainment movement has said that the current problems dogging the 3D TV market – i.e. the need to wear glasses – mean that the technology can’t hope to make a mainstream breakthrough for another decade. Well, we see the world in 3D,” …

Multiplayer focus as the hugely popular indie game's creator ponders the reason for his creation's success

The upcoming Google TV platform is poised to welcome dedicated games functionality – a move that could enable the platform to squarely rival dedicated consoles such as Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Google TV is a software platform that will come included in the innards of some new TVs or …

One man and his Orbyx. Indie developer Chris Henderson speaks to Develop

The new manager of Microsoft owned UK developer Rare has told MCV that the progress made in Kinect game development over recent months points to an amazing future for the device as studios continue to discover new ways to implement the technology. Rare has actually developed quite a bit of …

Zenimax Media has acquired Shinji Mikami’s new Tokyo-based studio, Tango. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though this month Zenimax raised $150m for what it deemed a ‘tactical buyout’. Mikami, the creator of Resident Evil and numerous other hit titles, said it was refreshing to find a publisher …