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As multiple anonymous sources indicate that dev budgets are down, one suggests why

Noticeable fall in development budgets due to wounded publishers and cheaper options

Studio bosses from the likes of Rare and Avalanche explain why

Rareâ??s Mark Betteridge calls for more careful planning before a project moves forward

Asian research boss says that resources are already being put into the development of motion tech successor

French firm Stonetrip claims easy porting of iPhone apps and games

Specialist gaming mag Total PC Gaming has been closed down by Imagine Publishing, it has been confirmed. Subscribers received a letter from the publisher saying issue 31 was the final magazine. They were offered alternate subscriptions and refunds. Imagine’s range of gaming publications include Games TM, X360, Retro Gamer and …

Microsoft’s Natal is still a good seven or eight months away from launch, but a research director for the platform holder has already confirmed that work has begun on the successor to the technology. When we invent something first like Natal, while we have a researcher working with the product …

Early bird discounts still available for key industry event

Not only did Sony’s God of War III shoot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week, it also set a new sales standard for Sony’s violent action series. The game bettered the week-one sales performance of its PS2 predecessor by 2.65-to-1, despite …