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Gamespot reports that THQ has confirmed the release of Saint’s Row II – and given it an official release date of Tuesday, August 26th for North America. Another THQ title, de Blob has also been dated for September. The news comes from last week’s THQ Gamers’ day in San Francisco, …

HudsonSoft is expecting to increase profits to 10 billion Yen by March 2011, a growth of nearly 400 per cent. According to Bloomberg, The Bomberman studio plans to increase focus on Wii, with eight new games due this year. Two years from now will be the time when game-software developers’ …

Studio founded by ex-Blizzard staff facing trouble after project cancellations

GarageGames adds XNA engine to academic outreach programme

How can studios go about widening their talent base to include developers from the fairer sex? Angela Fenge, operations and marketing director at Zoë Mode, reveals a few secrets�

New tech moves onto Nintendo's wonder machine

Cancelled SCi/Eidos project contributed to closure of Canadian studio, says report

Rockstar Games has made a significant acquisition ahead of the release of GTA IV on April 29th – Massachusetts-based Mad Doc Software. The deal comes amid EA’s hostile bid for Rockstar parent Take Two – a saga which isset to be concluded later this month. Massachusetts-based Mad Doc recently worked …

Studio that developed 360 Bully port boasts key AI tech and becomes Rockstar New England

SCi’s share price has jumped by over 20 per cent off the back of heavy speculation that it has reopened takeover talks with potential suitors. The rise of 10.5p per share – to 60.5p – has set the tongues of investment market experts wagging, with Ubisoft, Time Warner and Infogrames …