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French developer Arkane Studios says the game has been put on hold due to â??unexpected financial challengesâ?

Nintendo’s Wii Fit has topped the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for the 16th time this week – if the title can manage to claim two more chart crowns it will level the long-standing record of Eidos’ Who Wants to be a Millionaire. It’s the seventh week in a …

The cost of manufacturing a PS3 is currently around ten per cent higher than the system’s retail price. That was the claim made by Sony’s CFO Nobuyuki Oneda, who – according to news site Andriasang – compared manufacturing to retail costs during the company’s earnings report last week. Analysts have …

Develop's guide to the industry's forthcoming conferences, shows and networking opportunities

French publisher aims to unite SFX production for both movies and games

Continuing Develop’s special series of interviews with some of the world’s largest and most celebrated independent developers, we speak to High Voltage’s founder Kerry Ganofsky and Chief Creative Officer Eric Nofsinger (pictured) about their upcoming Wii FPS, the Conduit. Previous entries in our series includes Crytek’s Cevat Yerli, Rebellion’s Kingsley …

Rockstar is gearing up to unveil the second instalment of GTAIV’s downloadable content, just days after reports suggested that the company will not be showing any new content at E3. There has hitherto been mixed messages concerning the arrival of GTAIV’s next episode. Back in March, a Take-Two earnings announcement …

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?¦