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Leeds and North studios praised at big night for games development

Former Sony Studios head takes home key accolade at Develop Awards

Long-running Britsoft firm given prestigious honour last night

UK team crowned with New IP, Visual Arts, Technical Innovation, New Studio and Independent Studio

The full list of who won what in our 19 awards

Media Molecule, Rockstar, Phil Harrison and Codemasters take home key prizes at the Develop Awards

The value of the PC digital distribution will comfortably sail past the $1bn barrier this year. According to Dorian Bloch, the business group director of GfK-ChartTrack – who was speaking on a panel discussion at this week’s Develop conference in Brighton – 2009 sales of games through the likes of …

Speaking at the Develop Conference, Sony’ Peter Edwards revealed that the return rate for PlayStation Home stands somewhere between 25-30 per cent, meaning that over 70 per cent of those who download and try the service do not return for a second time. Click here to read the full story …

Develop '09: Media Molecule on lost levels, arguing, and lessons learned

Develop '09: And 80% of those who try Sonyâ??s social hub are â??young malesâ??