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World of Warcraft enjoyed a record peak of one million simultaneous users in China last month, according to publisher The9. The figure was the title’s highest ‘concurrency’ since its commercial launch back in June 2005, and came after the territory’s release of expansion pack The Burning Crusade, in September last …

Inspired by the results of last week's Develop 100, Develop exec editor Owain Bennallack, who also wroe entries for the book, analyses the trends from the listing of the world's most successful studiosâ?¦

Scottish schoolchildren are to be taught the basics of video game design as part of the country’s new national curriculum – dubbed the ‘Curriculum of Excellence’. According to the Press Association, the move is to designed to ‘create the next generation of young programmers’. Schools minister Maureen Watt unveiled the …

Development becomes part of National Curriculum north of the border

An EA filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission has unveiled the full details of EA’s ‘hostile’ bid for Rockstar parent Take Two . The bid is expected to take another turn this week, as Take Two addresses its shareholders at its Annual General Meeting in New York this Thursday. …

New online games firm to come from founders of Eidos' Danish team

Second round of VC money-raising for Crackdown developer

More from EA CEO on his company's new attitude to game studios

CEO of Atari parent Infogrames David Gardner has said that the company is still on track for a ‘stable’ 2007–2008 FY fiscal performance – and that it doesn’t expect significant losses compared to its previous year. The firm’s Q4 results are due on May 14 th , but have taken …

Call for speakers goes out to support upcoming Leadership Forum event in San Francisco