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Harrisonâ??s â??rumble is so last-genâ?? rhetoric returns

Lookout should be on â??Wii 2â?? and â??Xbox 720â?? before PS4, says Sony boss

Studio says its protracted MMO project is still alive

The number of mobile phone owners who play games on their portable devices has grown by seven per cent to 34 per cent in the last 12 months in North America, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. MSNBC reports that 38 …

Sony was told back in 2008 that Insomniac Games wanted to break away from the platform holder, the company has revealed. Now two years later, and a few weeks after EA’s deal with Insomniac went public, a high-profile Sony executive tells Develop he was personally saddened by the studio’s switch. …

The newly-launched Indie Fund is hunting for submissions

Sony announced a range of new Cyber-shot compact cameras which it claims are the first that can capture panoramic shots in 3D. The new Cyber-shot cameras don’t have two sensors, as one might expect of a 3D camera, but rather capture several images as the photographer moves the camera position …

No-win-no-fee-style investment programme begins

Speaking on his personal blog, former games journalist and current Activision man Dan Amrich has launched a passionate defence of online racer Blur following widespread reports of low sales in the US. I’ve seen sites call it a ‘failure’ and one even went on to list a whole bunch of …

Every team in Dare to be Digital 2010 talks exclusively to Develop about their experience of this yearâ??s competition.