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Former president of Sega Enterprises Hayao Nakayama, who oversaw the firm’s 1980s and 1990s hardware boom, has made a personal investment in video games publisher Virgin Play. Nakayama established his reputation by managing the global success of both the Sega Master System and Megadrive (Genesis) – in addition to the …

Britsoft studio forms technical alliance with Realtime Technologies

Pre-production contracts and cash prizes up for grabs

Activision-owned studio hails proprietary tech and publisherâ??s willingness to encourage independent-style development

One of the biggest hits of the past 12 months has been Call of Duty 4. Here, we talk to developer Infinity Wardâ??s Mark Rubin on the gameâ??s success, the studioâ??s independent - yet publisher-owned - nature, its attitude to proprietary tech, and the horrors of Modern Warfareâ?¦

Sega’s UK-based Racing Studio has been closed, MCV sister site Develop understands. According to a former staff member from the studio, the Solihull-based outfit has shut down effective immediately. Sega Racing Studio had so far developed just one game, its PS3/360 and PC remake of Sega Rally. Released in September …

Game middleware gets battle-tested for service by Frozen Codebase

UK driving game team shut down by parent firm, according to our sources [UPDATE: Sega confirms our report]

Realtime Worlds to demonstrate the power of player customisation at exec event

Internal survey tells of increased satisfaction in workplace