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All three platform holders have thrown their weight behind this week’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival, promising to show off new titles and technology. Nintendo and Sony have confirmed they will be part of the consumer-facing Festival Square, which will offer a glimpse at their Q3/Q4 line-ups. Nintendo is bringing an inflatable …

Publisher Capcom has announced the appointment of Kazuhiko Abe as CEO and president of Capcom Europe and Capcom USA. He replaces Capcom veteran Hiroshi Tobisawa, who has moved into another position at the company. Abe, who has been at Capcom since 2003, will be responsible for the overall management of …

39 per cent of UK internet users now play online games, making it the most popular form of media consumption in the country, according to a new Ofcom report entitled ‘The Communications Market 2010 (August)’. That figure is up one per cent on Q1 2009 and takes online gaming ahead …

Peep Show, Come Dine With Me and How to Look Good Naked to be transformed into gaming apps courtesy of Tag and Dynamo Games

UK video games trade organisation ELSPA has hit back at Defence Secretary Liam Fox’s claims that retailers should show their support for our armed forces” by entering into a voluntary boycott of EA’s Medal of Honor. There should be absolutely no link inferred or implied regarding support for our troops …

UK supermarket Tesco has become the first to launch a drive thru service with the arrival of a new trial in its Baldock Extra store in Hertfordshire. Customers can place their order online as normal and then reserve a two-hour slot at which they can collect from participating stores. Staff …

Mark Wood has been appointed as chief executive of Future Publishing’s UK business. Wood joined the media firm’s Board as a non-executive director in April 2009. He will step down from this position on August 30th and take up his new responsibilities the following day. He previously worked as chief …

The DS is the most successful games machine of all time. It has sold over 132 million units since its 2004 debut and has housed some of the most successful video games ever released. But there’s a problem. Since 2007, DS piracy cards – such as the infamous R4 – …

The DS is the most successful games machine of all time.It has sold over 132 million units since its 2004 debut and has housed some of the most successful video games ever released. But there’s a problem. Since 2007, DS piracy cards – such as the infamous R4 – have …

Does your company boast the brainiest staff in the development industry? Not booked your table at the Develop Quiz? Then you need to act fast to secure your place – and the chance to win some top prizes – as only eight tables remain. The Develop Quiz takes place on …