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That PC superdeveloper Valve hired a group of students to work on their own title was surprising enough news, but no-one could have imagined that the game they would make would be many people's pick of 2007. We caught up with Kim Swift to talk portals, education and companion cubes.

There’s seemingly no stopping Sega’s Wii and DS sports title, as Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games fights back to claim the top spot on the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for the fourth time. This is the seventh week the game has spent at number one – this …

Sumo Digital founder steps in as former CEO of 'superdeveloper' departs

Northern developer association to hold licensing talk

SPECIAL REPORT: Haruki Murakami translator praises Microsoftâ??s attention to detail

EA’s ‘hostile’ bid for Take Two may hit a snag when it comes to approaching individual shareholders – because many are experienced short-term investors that believe they can push the publisher’s offer skywards. That’s according to The New York Times, which reports that ‘there has been a considerable turnover in …

Latest update features heavy optimisation and rewritten renderer

The latest exclusive MCV UK Charts analysis, in conjunction with ChartTrack and ELSPA, shows that February was a tough time for the PC market – though not for chart-toppers Nintendo and EA. "Looking at the format share and you’ll notice that the PC is not doing particularly well at the …

Phone and SMS payment options added to Nottingham companyâ??s MMO suite

"If you look at the Total Software by Label/Company charts you will see that there is a disparity between the units sold by Nintendo and the value this month. "The reason behind this difference is partly due to Wii Play. Wii Play always shifts a lot of units (All Formats …