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As projects get bigger, more complex and distributed around the globe, making sure your production and asset management tools are as sharp as possible is becoming critically important, says Jon Jordanâ?¦

Famed Japanese developer talks candidly on the original mega-hitâ??s creation

Britsoft firm plans next step for its studios with ambitious plans to share Crystal Dynamics and IO tech across the company

Irish developer to use Instinct Studio middleware

After debuting in second place in last week’s Japanese software charts, Nintendo’s Wii fit has finally claimed the top spot in Media Create’s listings, with the former number one Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box dropping to fifth place. Microsoft will also be pleased to see Mistwalker’s Xbox 360 exclusive RPG …

With the 360, PS3, PS2 and PC versions of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 already enjoying incredible success on the UK High Street, Konami has announced that both the DS and PSP versions of the game will be released some time between January and March next year. The DS versions looks …

DSG International is facing the prospect of being de-listed from the FTSE 100, after a string of profit warnings, sluggish sales and over anticipation of demand by the owner of some of the UK’s biggest retail brands in the UK, including Currys, PC World and Dixons. For the full story …

Release version now available; Dream Build Play 2008 warm-up round also opens

After a storming year of success, Microsoft took the lion’s share of the praise in the 2007 MCV Retail Survey, with Nintendo also attracting a great deal of commendation from video game stores all across the country. The star-studded release of Halo 3 – which saw high calibre celebrity endorsement …

Forget the BAFTA’s, forget the Golden Joysticks – this is where the wheat gets well and truly separated from the chaff as retail casts its vote on the best performing companies in the video games trade this year. Microsoft took a big chunk of the praise, winning ‘highlight of the …