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Computer Exchange has quashed fears that it is on the verge of financial problems, insisting that it has enjoyed a successful six months of growth. Concerns over the chain’s future emerged last week after a winding-up order was posted online, and numerous customers complained that cheques from the firm had …

EA’s illustrious list of high profile third-party development partners has swelled, with the publisher signing up to publish new IPs from Epic Games and Grasshopper Manufacture. The two join the likes of Harmonix, Valve, Crytek, and id, all currently key partners for EA’s third-party publishing Partners label creating the games …

Developer-publisher to use physics, animation and behaviour products for Ride to Hell

'We donâ??t believe in focus testing ideas and make the games we want to play' says Houser

Deus Ex designer will speak on the 'luckiest people alive'

The US industry thrived in July – with total revenues jumping up 28 per cent to break the $1 billion mark. The market hit $1.19 billion, with $446.9 million coming from the video games hardware category, up 17 per cent year-on-year. Software sales had a month to remember, up 41 …

Nintendo is celebrating another month as the biggest selling platform holder in the US – with both Wii and DS proving the two best perfoming consoles in July. DS sold the most in the month, with a whopping 608,400 units shifted. Wii sold 555,000. PlayStation 3 shifted 224,900 in the …

Take Two has promoted Gary Dale to the position of chief operating officer. Dale held the role of executive VP before the move, which will see him take responsibility for Take Two’s publishing labels, as well as sale’s activities, global expansion and business development. "Gary Dale has been a valuable …

In the second part of our Develop Awards 2008 winners profile on Rockstar Games, which won four awards at our even last month, we speak to company founder and president Sam Houser about the company's relationship with consumers and plans to push the creative medium of games furtherâ?¦

Here, to accompany our two-part interview with Rockstar Games president Sam Houser, he recounts the highlights from his working life and Rockstarâ??s history so farâ?¦