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French publisher gets its first Japanese games development studio

As Microsoft’s Xbox 360 video-on-demand service continues to boom in North America with the news that the platform holder has struck up a deal with leading US sports brand ESPN to offer sporting downloads through Xbox Live. Games will be available in both standard and high definition 48 hours after …

Bookmaker Paddy Power has backed the formidable force of EA’s Need for Speed to claim this year’s Christmas number one, with fellow EA title FIFA 08 tipped to finish in second place. Despite its release in September, Paddy Power gives 4/1 odds on Microsoft’s Halo 3 capturing the title, well …

The UK games industry’s young stars have battled it out for a place in MCV’s annual 30 Under 30 feature, and the results are now online for all to see. While regional heads and managing directors regularly feel the warm embrace of limelight, the achievements and exertions of the industry’s …

Exclusive Develop interviews go behind the scenes of the split between Halo creator and format-holder

International Cricket Captain III, Empire’s latest title in its popular PC sports series, is to make the jump to games consoles for the first time with the news that it will be released on PS2 and PSP on November 16th. To mark the franchise’s arrival on console, each version will …

Nights: Journey into Dreams, Sega’s upcoming Wii sequel to its celebrated Sega Saturn title, will draw information from Nintendo’s weather channel to alter the appearance of the in-game environment, Eurogamer reports. The idea is that the in-game weather conditions will mimic whatever the weather is outside your window. In addition, …

Speaking at a recent Nintendo Australia financial results conference, Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata has claimed that the established ‘four-year life cycle’ for games hardware has become too inflexible an approach”, Next-Gen reports. Stating that both the DS and Wii have a long way to go before Nintendo considered updating its …

Though it remains the thing of myth and legend for the time being, Bethesda’s purchase of domain name elderscrollsonline.com has added further weight to the ongoing rumours that the developer is working on an online instalment to its successful RPG franchise. Last month Bethesda’s owning company ZeniMax confirmed that a …

November discount as Develop's online recruitment service launches