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Develop takes a look at the UK indy's change in stance on tool sharing

The long-running UK independent is looking to share its tools with other studios as it marks ten years of internal tech development. Ed Fear heads to Leamington Spa for a run-downâ?¦

Today, Hollywood superproducer Jerry Bruckheimer finally detailed the plans for his MTV-backed games studio, confirming the appointment of former key Ubisoft and Microsoft execs as leading the team. Here, new hires Jim Veevaert and Jay Cohen tell Develop about their plansâ?¦

Demigod developer Stardock has stated that the huge piracy rates suffered by its recent PC release Demigod will not result in the studio implementing copy protection DRM. If I wrote a post saying that Demigod sales were far below what we had hoped for and I said that the reason …

iPhone’s credentials as a ‘serious’ games platform have been given another boost with the release of a brand new Resident Evil title that aims to mirror the gameplay seen on recent home console versions of the series. Resident Evil: Degeneration, which follows the events depicted in the recent CGI movie …

MMO publisher NCsoft has banished the memories of a financially challenging 2008 with an impressive start to 2009 – net income for the quarter ending March 31st was up 315 per cent year-on-year, reaching $27m. Operating income jumped 128 per cent at $34.3m, whilst sales hit $107.7 per cent – …

Industry's most bankable studios list causes a stir - but where's your studio?

2009 event promises stronger focus on connected games

Parappa the Rapper and Flower creators latest additions to July event

Famed producer enlisting elite talent in Halo 3 producer Jim Veevaert and ex-Ubisoft exec Jay Cohen