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THQ has moved to distance its flagship open world release Saints Row 2 from Rockstar’s GTA IV – saying its title has more silly, over the top gameplay”. Speaking to investors at the William Blair & Company meeting in Chicago yesterday, THQ CEO Brian Farrell talked of his admiration for …

President of SCEE David Reeves has admitted to MCV that there is a global piracy issue on PSP – and said that Sony is set to unveil a new clampdown on those responsible. However, speaking at the firm’s developer DevStation conference in London last week, Reeves said that the trend …

Organisation seeks to increase interaction within game audio community

Former EA LA man and exec most recently in charge of EA Blueprint leaves for own venture

The bosses of FunOrb owner Jagex and casual network SPILL Group have put a price on what it takes to develop a top-selling online casual game – and it’s less than you might think. Speaking to a crowd of games industry execs at the GameHorizon Conference in Newcastle this morning, …

SCE starts to fill the public in on Trophies and the like after recent disclosure of details to developers

Lobbying from SCE WWS VP comes as Games Up campaign says 95 per cent of games degrees 'not fit for purpose'

The rise and rise of user generated content is set to play a similar role in games as it has in music – but traditional boxed publishers are excited, not scared, by its prospects. That’s according to the head of Xbox community developer service XNA, Chris Satchell, who this morning …

The head of Xbox community developer service XNA, Chris Satchell, has said that user generated content can be responsibly rated by an audience of its creators’ peers – and doesn’t need any intervention from the BBFC or PEGI. In his keynote at the GamesHorizon Conference in Newcastle this morning, Satchell …

A story about UK games development posted this morning on the BBC seems to claim that the now Ubisoft-owned developer Reflections is working on a brand new instalment to its Driver franchise. The BBC video interview begins with a shot of a Reflections dev playing a driving game, over which …