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The boss of EA’s dedicated Sims division, Nancy Smith, has said that The Sims 3 may come to more formats than PC after it is released next year. Smith also revealed that she doesn’t see the title as a ‘casual’ game – and added that, in EA’s eyes, the games …

Autodesk more likely than Microsoft, says new opinion piece.

As a 15-year veteran of games fiscal analysis, Nicholas Lovell know what he’s talking about: So if you work in the business, it might be a good idea to pay attention to his five lessons our industry can learn from the music business. Handily split into two manageable parts (read …

The industry’s finest minds descended upon AKA Bar in Holborn last night to go head to head for the crown of MCV/Xbox 360 pub quiz champions, with the team from GAME (pictured) scooping the top prize. Beating off close competition from the likes of Amazon, 505 Games and Sainsbury’s, the …

Not only one of the hottest game developers, American independent studio Epic is also the home to the game engine of the moment. As the tech industry rapidly consolidates, Develop wonders who'd most likely be interested - and why it wouldn't be a certain Redmond giant...

LESSON FOUR: Profits come from secondary sources One part of the music industry remains highly profitable – music publishing. That is the business that owns the underlying copyrights and licences it out to films, commercials, video games and other media channels. They generate revenues from ringtones, radio play, in fact …

Games are now bigger than music at High Street retail. Something to shout about? Only if you believe that being more valuable than an industry segment which is universally acknowledged as being in terminal freefall is a cause for celebration. The games industry is in the happy position of being …

Electronics Arts will bring the fourth in its Fight Night series to Xbox 360 and PS3 next year. The title is being developed at EA Canada in Vancouver under the EA Sports brand and features some of the greatest boxers in history fighting in their prime – including Mike Tyson. …

New DICE action game shuns internal tech for Epic's engine

Protothea to launch on Nintendo's new WiiWare service