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Digital downloads were the talk of the Games Developers Conference last week. At the event Sony discussed releasing PSP games ‘simultaneously’ through retail and PSN, a new digital console called Zeebo was unveiled, and cloud-computing service OnLive grabbed the headlines, with certain corners of the media calling it ‘the future …

Microsoft has told MCV that it sees downloadable content and Xbox Live as a ‘complementary’ addition to boxed product – and that it doesn’t see the packaged goods business declining. However other standout companies have pointed to 2009’s explosion of download-only new releases – which cut out retail altogether. Speaking …

WHSmith has launched a new website dedicated to entertainment, despite previously stating it will back out of games, DVD and CDs. WHSmith Entertainment has been launched in collaboration with white label specialist The Hut, and features over 200,000 products. However, the High Street giant has reiterated its desire to reduce …

Developer organisation seeks better tracking of R&D credit effectiveness and comparison with other G-20 nations

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Develop columnist and game audio champion receives GANG Recognition prize

Develop pays a visit to the Derby independent

One of the curiousities of the pre-recession games industry in the UK was the large number of small â?? really small â?? developers busying themselves with outsource work in the Midlands.

Nintendo has revealed the titles that will release alongside its launch of digital download portal DSiWare tomorrow in conjunction with the arrival of the DSi on UK soil. The headline grabbers we already knew about – the latest addition to the WarioWare franchise, WarioWare: Snapped, is arguably the big title …

Peter Willis – Games Buyer, DSGi "The DS has been a key product for us for the last couple of years and I am sure the DSi will be just as popular. It’s a great fit with our customers and we are anticipating big things. We have one of our …