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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

Play.com has sold out of its allocation GTA IV pre-orders – whilst GAME and Gamestation’s online offerings have already put up warning of stock running low. Play.com’s head of games Gian Luzio told MCV that the title was far and away the biggest selling title” he’d ever seen on PS3 …

With a nickname like â??Slugâ?? there was never any doubt it would end in tears.

It was the first of Kuju's studios to rebrand itself, and probably the most radical: not only tapping into the burgeoning casual market, but basing its entire identity on a fictional female. Now, one year later, how is it faring?

SCEE president David Reeves has politely criticised recommendations made in the Byron Review, telling its author that she has been too nice” to the UK games industry. At a press conference attended by selected press last week, Reeves told Byron that he was in favour of PEGI becoming the only …