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EA has announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince game will be released worldwide on June 30th, and July 3rd in the UK The game, which is based on the Warner Bros. film which in turn is based on J.K. Rowling’s novel, was originally scheduled for November last year …

Three Northwest Vision & Media competition game concepts secure approval

Studio's founding brothers Bo and Ulf laud third-party solutions as versatile, lucrative, and â??essentialâ??

Danish tech firm eyes UK capital for new base

Concluding our special focus on the Yorkshire region's thriving development community, we bring you profiles of Pit Stop Productions, Just Add Water, and Tuna â?? three companies that do a great deal to boost the reputation of the area as a key UK hub.

Team 17 is one of the longest-running studios still around today. Founded in 1990, it has released an astonishing 140 games in its time, across more than 16 different formats.

Don't forget - lobbying ends tomorrow!

Browser-based online games portal reveals Bigpoint DevLounge

Baroness Susan Greenfield has launched an attack on the IT industry, claiming it – along with the games industry – are fuelling the obesity crisis. Speaking to a science seminar at the House of Lords, the peer said that use of computers and video games were ‘infantilising’, changing the way …

Sony’s Jamie MacDonald is to leave the company at the end of this month. SCEE this morning confirmed to Develop that the Sony World Wide Studios VP and London Studio boss will exit on May 29th – however both MacDonald and the format-holder have chosen not to comment further on …