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New Netherlands publisher Iceberg Interactive has signed a UK distribution deal with Advantage. Iceberg was created following the collapse of Lighthouse Interactive and is set to launch a series of games this year, including anticipated horror title Killing Floor on PC. The new deal will see Advantage handle all distribution …

THQ’s UK office has hired popular Midway exec Mark Cook as product marketing manager for UK & Europe. Cook will look after the seven-month marketing campaign for Darksiders. The regional office has also stated that it has adopted the firm’s new global strategy of marketing its games earlier – and …

Warner Bros’ newly-purchased Midway studios are emerging as their reformed, restructured and rebranded selves, according to reports.
 Job profiles of apparent employees from WB Games” have been found dotted around the professional networking site LinkedIn, with Midway’s Chicago studio – responsible for developing Mortal Kombat games – being named on …

Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has confirmed that Turn 10’s anticipated race sim Forza Motorsport 3 will be released in North America on October 27th. A European release is likely on either October 23rd or October 30th. [UPDATE: A European release date of October 23rd has now been confirmed.] The …

David Perry has revealed he is eager to see the cloud-computing service Gaikai available on consoles, and thinks Nintendo would benefit from the service in particular. In a Develop Blog Post – which looks at the genesis of the Gaikai model – the Perry explained, What I would love to …

David Perry envisions game previews that come with embedded game demos

After what has been a very turbulent time for the publisher, Atari has this morning got reason to cheer with news that revenues for its fiscal Q1 are up 30 per cent year. Both Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Athena and the 1m+ selling Ghostbusters were credited for the upturn. 83.5 …

Event set to further meet the demands of the northern UK dev sector

Develop talks to the region's leading studios

Some say that licensed games have enjoyed their time in the sun, but Atari has proved many naysayers wrong with news that licensed action outing Ghostbusters: The Video Game has sold over 1m copies in North America. Of course, unlike in Europe where all non-PS3 owners are having to wait …