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Popular racing series Need for Speed has now sold over 100m copies worldwide, publisher EA has revealed, elevating it into an elite group of super-franchises. Less than a handful of franchises up until now have reached that milestone, and we’re honoured actually,” EA’s VP of global marketing Keith Munro told …

Melbourne-based Transmission Games has closed, according to new reports. The studio, which earlier this month shed some 30 staff from its coding and QA teams to cut costs, had reportedly experienced a number of problems with payments from publishers and cancelled projects. Head over to Develop for the full story.

Engine developer gets $5.5m investment, say reports

Having seemingly got its business back on track after a tough spell spent adapting to the modern market conditions of the now iPhone-dominated mobile sector, Glu has won acclaim in Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 listings. The firm ranked 129th in the report, which outlines the 500 fastest growing technology and …

Establishment wants to promote Wales as development region

Chinese online company picks new version of Crytek's engine

Blitz Games Studios highlight the vital work performed by the new breed of coders

GAME Group has pledged that it will keep securing exclusive products, after grabbing the rights to the limited edition Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360. The console joins a raft of GAME-exclusives this Christmas, which includes the special edition of Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time, the Assassin’s Creed II …

UK testing and localisation firm Babel has formed a partnership with Japan’s market intelligence company Enterbrain – publisher of Famitsu magazine. Under terms of the partnership Babel will supply focus testing and localisation services to Enterbrain’s customer base. The hot topic for Japanese developers is how to make successful games …

FIFA Soccer 10 has launched in North America, EA has announced. The game was released in Europe earlier this month, selling 1.7 million units in its first week. The North American edition of the game features Major League Soccer stars Cuauhtmoc Blanco of Chicago Fire and Sacha Kljestan of Chivas …