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Physical media is at the sunset of its lifespan. Eventually, all games will be based online. That was the view of industry veteran, and Gaikai founder, David Perry. Perry was speaking at an opening keynote at the fourth annual Develop Conference in Brighton, UK. In an address entitled Embracing the …

Its management team tried to fight it off, but the collapse of Midway has finally caught up with its Newcastle studio – and today it was put into administration. MCV’s sister site Develop understands that Midway CEO himself Matt Booty broke the news to the team this morning, and that …

After picking up an MCV Award this year, HMV’s Gamerbase is going from strength to strength – playing a key role in the retailer’s healthy financials last week. As the retailer opens a new Glasgow branch, Tim Ingham interviews head of the division, Dominic Mulroy…Let’s start simple: for the uninitiated, what …

Indie games celebration ventures outside San Francisco for first time

Warner Bros. movies are now available to rent through the Nintendo Wii in Japan. As revealed by IGN, 54 films will be made available, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Charlie and the Chocolate Factor, Contact, Batman Begins, Last Samurai, The Goonies, Free Willy and 2001: A Space Odyssey. …

EA’s Battlefield brand has notched up two notable achievement overnight marking a notable victory for both free-to-play gaming and digital only releases. First off, online free-to-play cel-shaded PC title Battlefield Heroes has welcomed its one millionth player less than a month after it was first released.

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Develop '09: Yorkshire digital-only studio shares some hard-earned lessons