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The traditional console hardware cycle is broken – this we know. But veteran games developer Matt Spall yesterday went one further yesterday at the Develop Conference, claiming that we will never see another ‘traditional’ console coming to the market.

 Speaking of the rising importance of cloud computing, which was made …

Develop Conference 2009: Speaking in a panel at the Evolve event in Brighton, TinRaven’s co-founder Niall Fraser has defended the practice of releasing games for the lowest possible prices. Fraser’s comments emerged as the panel discussed monetisation through iPhone games. 59p titles are often criticised for undermining the potential of …

Speaking at her keynote at the Develop Conference 2009’s Games/Edu strand Alice Taylor, commissioning editor for education at Channel 4, has pointed to the potential educational games offer as revenue generators. "Educational games could be a license to print money, or at least something like that," claimed Taylor. "95 per …

Speaking in a panel at the Develop Conference 2009, Playfish CEO Kristian Segerstrale as revealed he is yet to be convinced by the prospect of the Xbox 360’s forthcoming social networking service, Facebook Connect. To read the full stroy, click here to visit CasualGaming.biz.

MGS creative director to hold a speaker session on the power and evolution of player choice

Retail giant joins with Guildhall at SMU and AIAS for Indie Game Challenge

Animation tech to be used in Robomondo's Tony Hawk: Ride

Develop â??09: FlOw and Flower developers thinks reviews miss the point

Develop â??09: Thatgamecompanyâ??s Jenova Chen urges for â??emotional gamingâ??

Glu Mobile studio head Chris White thinks not, offering tips for multiplatform porting