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The managing director of newborn mega-studio Ubisoft Toronto has revealed the group is assembling a new technology division – one that could possibly be building a next generation game engine. I can’t talk too much about it,” Jade Raymond told Develop, but I will say that Toronto has a technology …

Publisher Sega has confirmed that Wii and DS platform title Sonic Colours will be released in the UK on November 12th. The game blends 2D game design with 3D visual mechanics to produce a result that harks back to the IP’s ‘golden days’ while still offering a visual standard more …

The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association will officially change its name to the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment on September 7th, it has been confirmed. The trade body has booked an event in the London SW1 region where the change will be made official. The decision to rebrand was …

Information overload! New 'State of the UK Video Games Development Sectorâ?? report relays industry snapshot

Project director Brian Bright, who is working on what is thought to be the very last Neversoft-made Guitar Hero game, bares all

Disney Interactive’s Toy Story 3 is back at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week two weeks on from the last time it topped the listings. In doing so it toppled last week’s number one, Blizzard’s Starcraft II, which drops to fourth place thanks …

Studio boss Jade Raymond says the industry is changing the way it makes blockbusters

Jade Raymond discusses the impact Ubisoft Toronto will have on Canada and the entire games industry

There’s a world of contrasts in some of our big stories this week. GameStop, the retail giant with over 6,500 stores around the world, wants to grow its global empire – but using web services to go way beyond bricks and mortar. Meanwhile Blizzard, the epitome of a publisher that …

Rising Star Games will resurrect popular arcade franchise Pang later this year. Pang: Magical Michael for DS is due to arrive on September 17th, and marks the first entry in the series since 2000. Pang debuted in 1989 with the original arcade game, also known as Buster Bros, and is …