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The legal row between publisher SouthPeak Interactive and developer Paradox Interactive has been resolved, with the former agreeing to pay up. SouthPeak previously failed to pay Paradox $585,000 it had collected from sales of its games due to insolvency. Paradox then filed a lawsuit against SouthPeak. However a new statement …

Sega has closed its San Francisco games development studio. The outfit, previously known as Secret Level and acquired in 2006, winds down following the completion of the tie-in game for Iron Man 2. Previously the studio had worked on the first Iron Man title and the failed attempt to revamp …

Labour, Tory and Lib Dem parties have each outlined plans to support the industry

Both the PS3 and Xbox 360 lack the processing power needed to run ‘proper’ next-gen 3D titles, according to one console developer. Citing the fact that only a handful titles to date have even struck upon what was once championed as the defining standard of the current generation of consoles …

British game businesses offered £1,000 each for exhibition costs

Two key devs leave Call of Duty studio

Publishing giant THQ has a Natal game in the pipeline that could cost as much as $40 million to make – yet the company is hedging its bets due to the unknown popularity of the device. THQ VP of core games, Danny Bilson, said that Natal had lent the company …

Though it will no doubt be tough to put the just-announced General Election out of their minds, MPs will gather later today to discuss the controversial Digital Economy Bill – and critics of the Bill have urged Parliament to ensure that all sides of the debate are given a fair …

Firm looking to rescue some staff from redundancy as COO Paul Mayze explains £140k grant loss

Remember, third party titles don’t sell on Wii. Or at least, that’s what some people claim, but the ongoing sales success that is Ubisoft’s Just Dance proves otherwise. It’s return to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week marks its third full week atop …