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Issue 110 of Develop is available online and in print

There is a little over a week left to nominate your peers for this year’s 30 under 30. All suggestions need to be sent in by no later than Wednesday, October 13th. As always, the popular 30 Under 30 feature, sponsored by recruitment specialist OPM, will highlight the achievements of …

As well as claiming the top spot in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week, FIFA 11 has also set a new sales benchmark for the series. As well as enjoying FIFA’s best ever week one, the game also enjoyed the third strongest launch week ever in …

Katamari Damacy creator launches Uvula

Counsellors are concerned by the rising number of those ‘addicted’ to video games. As computer addiction isn’t a recognised medical condition, some have called on the games industry to offer addicted players counselling and advice. The games industry should research the addictive impact of games playing on the health and …

As was always going to happen, EA’s FIFA 11 has stormed straight to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 on its first week of release. In the process it records the strongest ever launch in FIFA’s history (despite the torrential rain that swept the UK …

Namco Bandai’s Enslaved finally hits UK retail this Friday and should it match commercially what it achieved critically the game’s developer Ninja Theory has said that it’s ready to get cracking on a sequel. And the fact that the studio is already working on Capcom’s new Devil May Cry game …

The man behind some of Sega’s most cherished brands has confessed that he still harbours aspirations to make a return to the hardware sector by creating a successor to the Dreamcast. Yuji Naka’s CV is a treasure trove of riches. As well as creating Sonic the Hedgehog, he also produced …

Michael Pachter has predicted that Microsoft will be the next platform holder to cut the price of its hardware. We estimate that a $50 console price cut across the board will impact software sales by a positive five per cent, and we expect Microsoft to lead with a cut some …

Microsoft has confirmed that it has promoted former senior vice president of the Interactive Entertainment Business Don Mattrick to the full role of president. The restructuring comes as the fallout of the recent departure of former president Robbie Bach. Mattrick a former long-timer at third party publisher EA, now takes …