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Keita Takahashi, the inimitable game designer who recently broke ties with Namco Bandai, has formed a new independent entertainment company with his wife. The Katamari Damacy creator, now studying English, said his new company – called Uvula – will mainly work with music and video games”. His new business partner …

Next-gen successors to Microsoft and Sony’s powerhouse consoles would benefit from no longer being tethered to the living room TV, the vice president of Epic Games has said. Imagine a future Xbox 360 that is actually a tablet you carry around,” said Mark Rein in a new interview with Develop. …

Roar Engine offers easy solutions for numerous net issues, firm says

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 …