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EXCLUSIVE: Brown's Government to 'collect and review' evidence for a production tax credit

The developer of God Of War: Chains Of Olympus on PSP has announced that it will no longer be making games for the format. Ready at Dawn, which also produced 2006’s Daxter, placed a statement on its website earlier today, which read: ‘With Chains of Olympus going gold in Japan, …

Microsoft, Frontier, Naughty Dog, Bungie and Framestore representatives to head UK development event

Tesco has reported a bigger-than-forecast slowdown in sales in its core UK business for its first quarter – particularly in non-food categories. Like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to May 24th rose by 3.5 per cent excluding petrol and new store openings – winding down from the growth of over …

Cider portability engine developers ready GameTree Online

Christine Burgess-Quémard Q&A fleshes out targets for studio growth and development acquisitions

SPECIAL REPORT: Two exclusive Developmag.com features might have some answers

Head of Firaxis Games Sid Meier has said that he finds the prospect of a Civilization MMO ‘really intriguing’ – and hinted that it may soon become a reality. Speaking to readers of GameDaily.biz, Civilization creator Meier also hinted that a game from the series could come to the Wii …

Creator of epic god sim says online multiplayer may be his next move

Ready At Dawn, creator of GOW: Chains Of Olympus, says it is â??doneâ?? with format