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MUD creator headlines indie MMO developer conference

PC manufacturer Dell has opened up its own new digital content portal , offering a range of PC games from some of the industry’s top publishers. Titles currently available to download include EA’s Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Spore, Eidos’ Tomb Raider: Underworld, Warner’s FEAR 2, Atari’s Alone in the …

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UK competitive games body the United Kingdom eSports Association has struck a deal with PC manufacturer Dell that sees the company become the Hardware Sponsor for the UKeSA’s first national video games tournament. Season One of the 2009 UKeSA Dell Premiership kicked off yesterday. Coverage can be seen online at …

Media Molecule's create-a-thon gets eight nods in yearly audio awards

Mobile games giant Gameloft has revealed that it has sold over 200 million mobile games since its started business in 2003, with its back catalogue now at 300 titles. In addition, the Apple App Store has became its single biggest sales channel for mobile games in 2008, overtaking all the …

This year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards are fast shaping up, with the deadline for nominations now passed, the Finalists lists being decided – and Nintendo signing up as exclusive Retail Category Partner. The MCV Awards take place at The Brewery, London on April 23rd. Codemasters and Gem have previously announced …

One of the most significant chapters in the history of downloadable content has arrived this morning with the release of Grand Theft Auto IV expansion The Lost and The Damned on Xbox Live Marketplace. Costing 1600 Microsoft Points, the content offers gameplay equivalent to a third of that seen in …

Three former bosses of Woolworths are ‘relaunching’ the High Street legend under a new name. Former commercial director Tony Page and colleagues Andy Latham and Steve Jebson will open 50 shops based on the old Woolworths format – and are working on a name ‘as close to the original as …

Microsoft has confirmed to Develop that its UK studio Rare is currently undergoing a ‘review’ that could lead to job losses at the world renowned studio. Coming as part of the organisational refocus already announced by Microsoft Game Studios in January, the move will see Rare focus on three new …