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In a post on its US blog , Capcom has officially begun the hunt for a swathe of new development, revealing that it has 15 different games projects on the go in the process. Amongst the positions being advertised are the likes of studio art director, senior producer, producer, senior …

SPECIAL REPORT: UK studio Black Rock downs tools to build 17 microgames in one week for a team building exercise

Backed with $1m government loan, combined studios will eventually boast almost 300 jobs

Despite some stiff competition from four new entries in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 10, Sega’s Wii and DS sports outing Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games maintains its grip at the top of the charts for the third week in a row. It marks the sixth time that …

Wants to grow US talent base for product development, so calls other publishers' producers 'armchair designers'

Atari brand-owner Infogrames has confirmed that former Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison is joining the company as president, looking after group publishing and game development . Harrison, whose departure from Sony was announced a week ago, will report to recently appointed CEO David Gardner, working with him …

Former SCE Worldwide Studios president to 'lead group publishing and game development into the network era'

Late last year, Disneyâ??s UK studio Black Rock downed tools on its scheduled projects for one week, instead starting an ambitious team-building exercise that asked the staff to build minigames in a seriously protracted five-day dev-cycle. We grilled studio head Tony Beckwith about the benefits of the unique eventâ?¦

Late last year, Disneyâ??s UK studio Black Rock downed tools for one week, instead setting about an ambitious team-building exercise that asked the staff to build minigames in a seriously protracted development cycle. Here, Jeremy Moore offers up his development diary from each dayâ?¦

We’ve talked about the emergence of major media companies entering the market an awful lot of late. Warner, Viacom, Fox, Hasbro and Marvel have all either made moves already or are thinking about it. And it has given the likes of EA and Activision Blizzard something to think about. But …