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Following the slow decline in manufacturing and the sudden decline of financial services, the government has identified the creative industries as the future saviour of Britain. It is estimated that within five years we will be living in a video-centric world where most information and entertainment will be available on …

Cevat Yerli, the CEO of German games developer Crytek, has admitted that he hopes the recent prosecution of the four owners of BotTorrrent site Pirate Bay could mark a ‘mental shift’ in the way people consume media. I was really happy [at the ruling], to be honest,” Yerli told MCV’s …

Developer shuns SecuROM software following a comprehensive turnaround by parent company EA

CEO Cevat Yerli tells Develop that Crytek is providing its UK arm with purpose and potential

Over the next couple of weeks, Develop will be embarking on a special series of interviews with some of the world’s largest and most celebrated independent developers. Today we start with the Frankfurt-headquartered Crytek, an outfit that boasts a consortium of studios stretching from the UK to South Korea, a …

EA Redwood Shores name ditched to emphasise focus on 'developing best-in-breed action games'

EA Sports may be turning its back on boxed PC releases, but rival publisher Capcom has announced that it will be releasing both boxed and digital versions of some of its biggest titles on PC this year. The headline title is next-gen hit Resident Evil 5, which will be released …

Publisher Namco Bandai is to release a second instalment to its Family Trainer franchise on Wii this autumn in the UK. Family Trainer: Extreme Challenge will again utilise both the WiiMote and Namco’s own Family Trainer Mat and will boast activities such as wakeboarding, rock climbing and base jumping. The …

Atomic president Peter Tamte calls the condemned Iraq War title an â??opportunity for the world to experience true storiesâ?

E3 is nearly here, and with it comes the traditional pre-show rumour-mongering – this time it’s the turn of PS3 with talk of a possible reveal of a new Wii-like motion-sensing controller. Variety has published a seemingly quite definitive story claiming that a gesture-based PS3 controller does exist and that …