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LucasArts has denied previous reports that it will be completely closing its games development studio. The new comes just hours after Shacknews reported that ‘reliable sources’ had confirmed LucasArts would fire a further 100 staff after letting 75-100 staff go last week. Talking to Joystiq, LucasArts rep Margaret Grohne said: …

Take Two subsidiary 2K Games has announced that a new addition to the Sid Meier’s Civilization series will be released this autumn. Civilization IV: Colonization will be released on PC for Games for Windows and is currently in development at long-term Civ studio Firaxis Games. The title is based on …

Steve Jobs unveiled the 3G iPhone (or iPhone 3G as it’s officially called) at this year’s WWDC event last night, citing the technology as the product’s next challenge. Apple’s top 22 markets (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, …

Apple CEO Steve Jobs showed off key games for Apple’s iPhone at the company’s WWDC event last night. Developers from Sega, Digital Legends, eBay, Loopt and others were on hand to show off what content they had created, from enterprise apps to entertainment, using the iPhone SDK – which Jobs …

US video games publisher Atari Inc has appointed Tim Flynn as senior VP of sales. The new position is effective immediately, and Flynn will report to CEO and President, Jim Wilson. Flynn has more than 30 years of sales and retail experience in the video game and technology industries with …

At Ubisoftâ??s Ubidays showcase in Paris last month, the firm reiterated its well-documented plans to grow its studio headcount. MCVUK.com editor Tim Ingham caught up with the firmâ??s head of global development Christine Burgess-Quémard to get the full story. Here's the first half of their chatâ?¦

In this tutorial TechExcelâ??s Alex Potier looks at things to keep in mind when managing distributed game development teamsâ?¦

Today's software developers need to design infrastructures that will support a challenging, volatile future, says Dave Robertson, director of European operations at Perforce Softwareâ?¦

Device lands on July 11th; games by Sega and co. once again displayed

Turns out the workforce is strong with this studio, rebuffing previous reports