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Mobile studio commended for its work on Blades & Magic

The complexity of todayâ??s games means that, unless you want a team of hundreds, itâ??s tempting to outsource aspects of production to specialist companies. Develop caught up with the heads of three service companies to talk about recent changes in the field and how developers should approach the outsourcing processâ?¦

MCV has teamed up with Play.com to offer free tickets to the retailer’s huge games-focused expo at Wembley next year, which will boast an exclusive trade area. Every MCV reader will be able to relax in a behind-closed-doors area at Play.com Live – and enjoy gratis VIP treatment. MCV will …

505 Games has ended a hugely successful year by signing up a major content deal with Russian powerhouse 1C. The agreement means that 505 Games and 1C’s Western European team will co-publish a new range of PC titles under the 1C Company brand, with over a dozen planned for 2008. …

Finnish developer to be represented by new dev PR agency

Games revenues will overtake cash generated by music at retail by the end of the year, according to Screen Digest. With interactive entertainment continuing its spectacular rise to prominence, demand for Nintendo hardware repeatedly hitting the headlines and the multi-billion dollar Activision Blizzard deal shocking the financial world, the games …

After just a year on the market, Nintendo’s all-conquering Wii console has probably by now already passed the lifetime sales total of its dad, the GameCube, according to data from Famitsu publisher Enterbrain. Japanese sales of the new machine at the end of last month had reached 4,025,356 – more …

TPO Gaming to adapt game graphics technology to training sims

According to data from Enterbrain, the publisher of Japanese games bible Famitsu, after a strong few weeks on the Japanese market, PS3 has outsold its rival Wii in Japan for the month of November, with sales of Sony’s machine hitting 183,217 – 24,000 higher than Nintendo’s product. The November market …

This monthâ??s guide looks at project and build management tools