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Jason Rubin and Andrew Gavin – the co-founders of acclaimed Jak and Daxter and Uncharted developer Naughty Dogg – have joined forces with HBO media consultant Jason Kay to form a brand new dev studio called Monkey Gods. The outfit will focus on casual titles aimed at online social networks …

At GDC 2009, Epic Games demonstrated several major enhancements that have been built into Unreal Engine 3 to make developing great games easier for licensees.

Former PopCap vice president Greg Canessa is to take charge of Blizzard’s Battle.net operations following his recently revealed move to the acclaimed MMO publisher. We can confirm that Greg Canessa has taken a position at Blizzard Entertainment as project director for Battle.net,” a statement given to WoWInsider explained. He will …

Yorkshire roundtable discusses the relationships between local studios

UK entertainment retailer HMV has launched an interesting new customer loyalty scheme that offers members the chance to snap up a range of limited edition or hard to find items not available on the High Street. Following a successful trial in the West Midlands and East Anglia, Pure HMV is …

GDC CANADA: Firm says that 'issues with Vista won't go away' with upcoming transition to Windows 7

Creditors at Midway Games have launched a lawsuit against former Midway owner Sumner Redstone and his company National Amusements Inc, claiming that the firm was hurt when Redstone sold his 87 percent stake in it for $100,000. Bloomberg reports than an official committee of unsecured Midway creditors filed a complaint …

Itâ??s long been at the heart of UK development, but how will Yorkshire fare in the future? Ed Fear sat down with five of the regionâ??s studios to see how the community spirit will help them weather the stormâ?¦

Just three weeks ahead of the girls-and-all return of E3, publisher Atari has made a surprise withdrawal from the event. [We’ve taken a] proactive decision to attend but not exhibit at this year’s E3 event,” an Atari spokesperson told Joystiq. [We are] currently focused on other selling and marketing initiatives …

The rumour mill is working overtime ahead of June’s E3 event, and now the Wall Street Journal is the latest to claim that Microsoft will unveil a new game controller at the event. According to the US business publication, "Microsoft is developing a new videocamera for its Xbox 360 videogame …