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Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, has said that the firm must "continue to grow at a rapid pace in the years to come" to remain competitive – revealing he has up to 780m Euros (or $1.2bn) to spend on acquiring studios or publishers which will grow the company. Speaking to …

Prime Minister endorses 20 per cent production cost tax credit as pressure mounts on UK Government

French publisher CEO looks to 'rapidly' grow company via various means including films, licences and development deals

But show editor tells Develop that episode showing children playing 15-rated games is true to life

Manufacturer Nvidia has blasted claims that PC gaming is dying, insisting that ChartTrack and NPD data fail to provide a full account of the strength of the format. Roy Taylor, VP of content & developer relations at Nvidia said that the charts don’t take into account the changing nature of …

This momentary lapse of judgement, however, was worth it – if only to proudly read in the paper about the Games Up campaign which, as you’ll have read in the story on the right (and via Develop’s email newsflashes earlier this week), has seen 15 games studios and the industry’s …

PC-only release Age Of Conan has taken the top spot in the official German and Swedish charts – finally relegating Rockstar’s GTA IV from its No.1 position . The title’s Collector’s Edition also charted at No.6 in Germany – once again demonstrating the territory’s idiosyncratic love for PC gaming – …

The British Board of Film Classification has responded to ELSPA’s decision to ‘warn off’ publishers to its advances – stating that its relationship with UK games firms is a private matter. As revealed on MCVUK.com last week (23/05), ELSPA requested that leading publishers hold fire on implementing any changes to …

'White Space' development supports games tech and computer arts research and teaching

Ninja Gaiden II has got some great previews from the press – how proud of it are you? I’m very happy with it. It’s not 100 per cent as I think that’s not possible to do, but I think that I was successful in making a game that no one …