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Amanita Design, the widely applauded Czechoslovakian adventure games studio, is calling for amnesty after its most recent title has been reportedly stung by widespread piracy. The studio’s official website – where Machinarium was being sold at $20 – has announced the game will retail at $5 until Thursday August 12th. …

Free-to-play studio will close soon, with assets up for sale

20 teams to do battle at the next Develop Quiz. Flurry of studios already signed up

Best Buy’s entertainment boss Marc Spence will leave the electronics retailer on Friday, August 27th. Spence oversaw the launch of Best Buy in Europe and developed the firm’s entertainment departments – which included large video game demonstration areas and a pre-owned range. During his UK retail career, Spence has worked …

Neversoft lost its soul and spark in the pursuit of chart success, according to one of its senior staff. Guitar Hero project director Brian Bright described the mood at Neversoft in the last two years – a period which saw the team chase fame in the face of Rock Band, …

The man in charge of iPhone hardware design at US tech company Apple has left the company, it has been confirmed. What’s less certain, however, is whether or not Mark Papermaster left of his own accord or was forced out by Apple in the fallout of ‘antennagate’. Apple itself has …

Autodesk FBX and Vision Engine 8 combined with eyes on asset management

Publisher signs multiplatform LightSpeed licence

Has antennagate cost Mark Papermaster his job in charge of iPhone design?

Having surged back up the charts to claim second spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track Top 40 this week, Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 should in the next few days cement its position as the UK’s best selling game ever. In doing so it will pass Nintendo’s …