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Former Ensemble employee says projects doubled initial budget, took twice as long to make

As the sun sets on another great GDC, we take a look at the highs and lows of the week (and a bit) that was... in pictures!

The fact that FFXIII has this week claimed the top spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 is of absolutely no shock – but onlookers will be far more interested to see how sales were shared across PS3 and Xbox 360. And the truth is – in …

Along with a welcome change of climate, this week has also bought with it yet another new name at the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 – Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII. The game becomes the eighth title to hold the stop spot in the ten …

Looks like the men who once ran Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward aren’t going to let publishers boss them around any more. Vince Zampella and Jason West, who were fired by Activision at the start of the month over allegations of ‘insubordination’, have signed up Hollywood agency CAA to …

Creative Artists Agency now representing fired Call of Duty creators Vince Zampella and Jason West

Famed Maxis founder and The Sims creator brings conference to a climax with closing keynote

Industry-led game design course offers students a 6-month Maya trial

'One day turn-around' tool for making PSN comics, strategy guides, eMagazines and more detailed in San Francisco

Rally driving game DiRT 3 has been announced by Codemasters and likely hit UK stores in 2011. In an interview with Edge, Codemasters VP Gavin Cheshire said: It’s all about letting the teams just innovate. There’s some great stuff coming from Birmingham that’s going into DiRT 3, and obviously you’ve …