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Nintendo president says other studios are reaping the benefits of Wii sales and has the figures to prove it

IDV's foliage tool to be used in 360 and Games for Windows titles

Superdeveloper pledges new strategy to improve quality of developed games and find new IP

Newly appointed CEO of Atari parent Infogrames David Gardner has met with the company’s employees for the first time – as the firm reports he has joined at an ‘opportune time’. Speaking after the meeting in Lyon, France, former EA exec Gardner said he recognised the team had a fighting …

PS3 users have been supporting the research on Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Cancer at a rate of 3,000 new users per day, says SCEI. The Folding@home project aims to understand protein folding and misfolding, and how these are related to diseases and forms of cancer. Since partnering with SCEI, we have …

US retailer EB Games has purchased all outlets of Norweigan music retailer Free Record Shop. It is likely the Gamestop-owned company will convert the stores to sell solely gaming products. Free Record Shop was one of the leading record stores in Norway and had a healthy rivalry with Norweigan retail …

Develop magazine has revealed the most influential executives in the development community in its special Game Changers feature – head over to Develop for more.

SPECIAL REPORT: We name the 25 people reshaping the game development business

After much deliberation, the Develop staff name the 25 people reshaping the games development business as we know itâ?¦

After changing its proposed release date from some time this month to some time next month, Atari has now stated that colourful Xbox 360 title Beautiful Katamari will indeed arrive at UK retail very shortly. To be precise, February 29th is the day that ardent fans of the King of …