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Nokia has shut down its Vancouver-based game studio, affecting some 100 jobs in the process, Develop understands. Nokia’s N-Gage Design Studio in Vancouver had developed a significant number of titles for the first and second generation N-Gage systems, as well as for mobile phones. The group worked on franchises such …

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Louisiana to give local developers 25% tax credit, 10% wage credit

Ngmocoâ??s Alan Yu interviewed

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 …