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8lb Gorilla wants to develop small, niche and cheap titles for Appleâ??s game platform

Firms' engine and physics products to be integrated

Key quotes on Apple's rise to power

Facts, figures and highlights from the past year of iPhone's success

Even its unexpectedly close proximity to a resurgent E3 didn’t stop IDEF making more progress amongst international buyers and distributors last week. The strictly trade-only event was again dominated by French and Italians, but overall numbers were up and the market’s mood was overwhelmingly positive. Held in its popular Cannes …

A video game starring Michael Jackson’s likeness and speech recorded before the musician died is set for a posthumous release. Rumours of a new Jackson game have lingered ever since the star’s death. But these now appear to have been confirmed. The star’s own production company, MJJ Productions, has been …

Company axes its N-Gage development outfit, affecting some 100 jobs

Rock Band dev looks to Swedish tool company for project streamlining

The online version of the games industry’s definitive guide to agencies and service companies, Sourcebook, has gone live. You can also browse the digital version of the printed productby clicking here. Sourcebook ’09 – sponsored by Universally Speaking – is an all-year reference tool, featuring over 70 companies across eight …

Plans are afoot to spent 5m on building a ‘computer games academy’ in Liverpool, UK. According to a report in The Liverpool Daily Post, a National Games Academy in the city would be built to help it become ‘breeding ground for the finest computer minds in the country’. Students at …