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The Xbox 360 has now sold over 40m units worldwide since it was first launched in late 2005. The news comes as Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division reports yet another successful quarter, with the three months ending March 31 delivering profits $165m. Revenue hit $1.67bn – up from $1.63bn in …

Though the studio doesnâ??t disclose numbers

It is indicative of a changing market that no single company dominated this year’s MCV Awards. Retailers and suppliers have been working extra hard over the past year to stave off some genuine softness in demand. Modern Warfare 2 was a phenomenon, brilliantly executed, and was rightly rewarded last night. …

Seven experienced staff cross borders to the new indie unit

North American office becomes Digital Division; Euro operations focus on core games

Publisher Sega is to massively overhaul its Western operations in a move that will result in both a loss of jobs and a massive realignment toward the growing digital distribution market. 73 jobs are to be lost in total, with 37 losses at Sega’s London office and 36 in San …

More staff redundancies have taken place at Australian outfit Krome, reports suggest. According to apparent anonymous sources, as many as fifty staff have been let go at the developer’s Brisbane studio. The developer was recently revealed as the team behind the Xbox Live Game Room – Microsoft’s latest addition to …

The Conservative Party has yet to release the mini-manifesto it promised a week ago, fuelling suggestions that the paper has been delayed. Nine days ago the Tories’ spokesperson for the game industry, Ed Vaizey, confidently assured Develop that the documents would be released this week. That promise is now on …

Along side its plans to progress key IP such as WWE, UFC, Red Faction and Saints Row, THQ has stated that it intends to completely re-work its approach to the potentially lucrative casual sector in the year ahead. The casual games sector is extremely challenging,” Senior VP of European publishing …

It may lack the high-profile appeal of football or motor racing, but Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has told MCV that those who questioned his company’s commitment to digital cricket fail to understand the sport’s appeal. We’ve been derided for having games such as cricket, but it is the number one …