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The Daily Mail has attacked one of the more traditionally innocent cornerstones of our industry – the humble Nintendo DS. After years of being praised across the national media for its family-friendly qualities, the newspaper’s Rosie Millard calls the console a toxic drug” in her first-person piece about her experience …
Read More »FDMX launches game ‘design’ competition with Sony Cambridge support
Visual arts competition challenges students to imagine next-next-gen
Read More »Nintendo success making kids’ market tougher, says THQ
President and CEO of THQ Brian Farrell has pointed the finger at Nintendo’s successful first party software for making the kids’ video games market extremely competitive”. In a Q4 earnings call with investors, Farrell cited Nintendo’s software success as a reason why THQ’s traditionally strong kids’ business did not meet …
Read More »Nokia’s SNAP 2.0 breaks out
'More intuitive tools' available in new SDK of Java multiplayer gaming technology
Read More »THQ announces new WWE title
THQ has announced a new addition to its WWE family of games as part of its full-year financial report. Legendsof Wrestlemania is due for release in March next year on next-gen formats. THQ CEO Brian Farrell told investors: Our new Legends game is scheduled to launch in conjunction with the …
Read More »THQ to shed 200 staff
After reporting a $35m FY loss last night, publisher THQ confirmed in a post-earnings conference call that it would be losing 200 staff across its studios. However, the company does plan to grow its employee count overall from 2,400 to 2,700 this year. CEO Brian Farrell said that those studios …
Read More »‘Being online is a smarter way to make games,’ says GarageGames
Releasing early and continually evolving is the way for new concepts to grow
Read More »‘Action Adventure: Part 2
You work on a game for one, two years; ship time comes and it's out of your hands. But the online model - releasing early and evolving based on feedback - could have a place in our industry, say GarageGames CEO Josh Williams and GG Networks general manager Andy Yang...
Read More »More Develop conference speakers and sessions named
Event will be 'as educational, thought provoking and possibly controversial as ever' say organisers
Read More »THQ Studios to lose 200
Although company targets overall growth this year and will experiment with new business models as part of 'realigning'
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