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The bad news continues for the troubled Japanese games industry with new stats from Famitsu-owning Enterbrain showing that the total value of the region’s games market is down 24.4 per cent year-on-year for the period between December 29th and June 28th. A slump in hardware sales of 27.6 per cent …

Ten old titles set to be available on Valveâ??s online platform

Former online community group manager hails rapid growth of social media

Publisher plans to tap into local film and TV talents with new Canada base

Special offer for Develop readers in advance of August conference in Germany

Canadaâ??s world-leading subsidy policy attracts new powerhouse studio

The UK video games market weekly value has dropped just one per cent following last week’s heat wave. According to MCV calculations, based on today’s Gfk-ChartTrack/ELSPA weekly report, 20.1 million for the weekend ending July 4th. Unit sales dipped two per cent to 836,461. Game sales are typically low during …

Publisher Codemasters has confirmed that the PC version of upcoming racer Colin McRae: Dirt 2 has been delayed from its initial September release date until some time in December – though the reward will be the integration of DirectX 11. DirectX 11, the latest iteration of Microsoft’s PC gaming SDK, …

Bleszinski suggests merging classic controls with Natal features

Users of Valve’s Steam network currently have the opportunity to snap up a huge compendium of 2K Games’ PC titles in a bundle that offers over 100 off the usual combined RRP. Dubbed 2K Huge, the download includes big hitting titles such as BioShock, Civilization IV, Freedom Force, Prey, Railroad …