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Has the whole Manhunt 2 experience changed the way the BBFC works – in terms of culture or processes? Not fundamentally. The reason for that is obviously we thought it was the right decision, or we won’t have reached it. Fundamentally, we reach decisions on merit – not political consideration. …

SPECIAL REPORT: Which territory pays games developers the best?

Nintendo of America has given an official price to Wii Fit statesite – and US consumers will pay $89.99 for the title and balance board. The title is due for released in North American on May 19th, the Wii Fit package will cost $89.99, Nintendo of America announced Tuesday. According …

We take a trip to Sheffield to speak with Kuju's rebranded studio Chemistry - which boasts a unique business and technology model: all its games are built using Unreal Engine 3â?¦

GTA creator and CEO of Realtime Worlds explains plans to spend $50m investment and says new MMO APB will launch in 2009

Developmag.com opinion piece by Games Investor Consulting's Nick Gibson puts paid to 'The Consolidation Theory'

New Canadian independent studio developing first title on Microsoft's development framework

Nintendo might have enjoyed fanfare this week as it unveiled the Wii’s new ability to handle BBC iPlayer , but it looks as though the application will soon be made available on PlayStation 3 as well. The head of BBC digital media technology, Anthony Rose, has confirmed on his official …

Ray Maguire: What you were asked to do, you’ve delivered on. But actually we have something that’s not the best system in the first place that we couldn’t sort out in the European territory. So to have a system where we’ve kind of got one bit with another and ticked …

"Within five years the global games market will comprise just four or five major publishers and a handful of struggling independents."