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Developer Slitherine is to publish its own titles on PC and consoles from January 2009, and has raised an initial sum of €5 million to kickstart its move into the sector. The strategy games specialist has ‘already started a strategic development plan to approach the retail market’, says a freshly-released …

Liverpool based firm New Concept Gaming has unveiled jOG, an add-on gadget that has been designed to battle obesity, set for release this year. jOG detects when a player takes a step and projects that movement into the game while the gamer is jogging on the spot, while direction and …

Studio will start releasing games itself from January 2009

New organisation now open to more members, too

Frontier founder confirms that sequel to famed space game will land after The Outsider

Northern studio alliance triumphs at first brain-testing evening

Home leads open Develop Conference's Online day with a focus on the app's game potential

Nintendo could topple Sony’s 13-year stint as the world’s biggest platform holder if Wii and DS hit their sales targets, says a report in The Times . Following the two platform holders’ financial announcements this week, the Times report reads: Though currently riding high on continuing strong sales of the …

Earlier this week, over 200 people crowded into a Brighton seafront bar for the Develop Pub Quiz - 15 teams took part to see who the brainiest dev team in the UK really is. After a lot of requests, here we present the questions asked and their solutionsâ?¦

Nintendo’s net income has risen 34 per cent for the quarter ending June 30th, driven by the success of Wii hardware and software. Net income reached 107.2 billion yen ($99 million) for the quarter, up from 80.3 billion yen the previous year, whilst operating profit rose 32 percent to 119.2 …