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UK Chancellor Alastair Darling has today delivered his Budget – but not included any concessions to the games industry as has previously been demanded by numerous voices in the sector. To read the story in full, head over to MCV’s sister site Develop.

Association representing publishers says Government has 'missed an opportunity' to introduce production tax credit

MCV, Develop and Mobile Entertainment team planning new games site

Cash injection proves 'government is serious about funding research in the creative industries' says COO Chris Doran

UK studio to use popular project management software

Ambitious new publisher Brash, which boasts a straegy solely targetting the production of licence-based games made by third-party independent developers, has signed up respected Japanese outfit Game Republic for a new title. The studio, which is headed by famed game producer Yoshiki Okamoto and is responsible for recent PS3 games …

Studio led by famed game producer Yoshiki Okamoto to work on Hollywood IP-based game for 2010 release

Ubisoft is to release Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2: Legacy Edition for the Xbox 360 in April. As well as including the original game, Legacy Edition will feature an additional DVD incorporating all the GRAW 2 downloadable packs available on Xbox Live, since the game’s original release. The …

The full list is unveiled next month, but a peak at this year's Develop 100 shows UK studios succeed despite global pressures.

In the wake of last night’s financial report from Rockstar-owning Take Two, Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has stated that the upcoming financial uplift that will accompany the release of GTAIV is not enough to hide the problems faced by the publisher. Take Two is pretty much the same company …