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Those in the know react to Sony's next handheld iteration

More features, developer support and platform growth touted at firm's dev conference

Microsoft, Sony and Tiga set to make keynotes at the Develop Conference event

Publisher EA has once again poured scorn over the licensed games market – a sector it was once famed for bossing. Following reportedly disappointing sales of recent console release The Godfather II, the president of the EA Games label Frank Gibeau told the LA Times that: We’re not going to …

Over 70 students from around the world embark on a ten week contest to design a BAFTA-winning game

Acclaimed developer Valve is facing an unfamiliar problem; its fans are not happy. At Microsoft’s strong press conference at E3 last week, Valve announced it is working on a sequel to the 2008 hit survival-horror-co-op game Left 4 Dead. Presumptions that Valve’s fan base would be pleased with the announcement …

UK retail failed to continue the momentum shown in March and April by suffering a small like-for-like sales decrease compared to the same period in 2008.Retail Week reports that total like-for-likes fell by 1.5 per cent, with the fashion industry faring worst. Outside of that sector there were some improvements, …

Develop talks to the team behind the popular engine

Sonyâ??s handheld enterprise transformed to allow cheaper development on smaller, casual and niche titles

Take 2 Interactive and Rockstar president Ben Feder has been waxing lyrical about platform holder Sony in the wake of the news that upcoming title Agent will be a PS3 exclusive. The trade-offs a publisher will typically make is, if you’re platform-agnostic, you get a larger installed base,” Feder told …