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Unreal Content Browser, Lightmass and the Master Control Program set to be demoed behind closed doors

Two year guarantee on goods could radically shift the design and retail process

When youâ??ve got ten studios spread around the world, all working on projects of vastly different scale and scope, project management can quickly become a difficult task. Develop caught up with Kujuâ??s technical director Adrian Hawkins to find out how it uses Perforce to keep on top of it allâ?¦

VIDEO INSIDE: Sidheâ??s upcoming Breakout remake, Shatter, will arrive on PS3 in 2009

PlayStation platform holder Sony is ramping up its preparations for the upcoming music video service VidZone with the appointment of a sales company for the platform. Media Week reports that Unanimis will handle VidZone’s sales inventory including pre-rolls and online leaderboards. Its campaigns will be integrated across UK, Germany, France, …

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc has reported that its annual fiscal results are in the red for the second year in the row – but that losses halved from the previous period. The company said in an earnings statement for the year ended March 31 that it had suffered a net …

We all knew it was coming, but Activision Blizzard’s reinvention of the hugely successful Tony Hawk franchise has finally been revealed – and it’s called Tony Hawk Ride. As expected, the game will use a brand new skateboard peripheral that can sense tilt and yaw. It also boasts a number …

Episodes of Wallace & Gromit, Strong Bad and Sam & Max help bolster the group's revenues

A new study has claimed that a remarkable 41 per cent of all software installations on PC last year were based on illegally pirated copies – a figure which amounts to a market value of $53bn. The global piracy rate in 2007 was pegged at 38 per cent, but successes …

As one of the games industry’s thousand pound gorillas, EA is no stranger to acquisitions. But what do the people selling their studios to Electronic Arts think of the move? According to Steven Spielberg, selling his Dreamworks Interactive studio to the publisher was both "the smartest and dumbest thing I …