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CEO Philip Belhassen forecasts a self-reliant trend for studios

Australian studio licenses tech firms AI set for Frozen Hearth

Stonetrip CEO Philip Belhasen talks to Develop about the path to engine success with ShiVa 3D

This year’s show has only just begun, but Gamescom 2011 has already been dated. The trade and consumer fair will return next year on August 17th and run until August 21st. Once again, it will take place in Cologne, Germany. The dates were revealed through advertisements at this year’s event, …

Firm will host a Friday, August 20th recruitment day for Realtime World staff

Konami has announced that its Kinect dancing game, Dance Masters, will come to Europe this November. Now named DanceEvolution, the game is set to go head-to-head with Harmonix’s Dance Central. The title is on show at Gamescom in Cologne. As an expert in the rhythm-based genre with games such as …

Platform holder Microsoft has issued an official response to the news that the once Xbox 360 and PC only RPG series Mass Effect will be heading to the PS3 with the release of Mass Effect 2 on Sony’s console in January. The first game in the series, however, will not …

Administrator starts to reveal debts of dying studio

Administrator confirms that just 53 staff are left at the studio

The APB developer could still be rescued from the brink of collapse, but may no longer be British-owned