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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

The video games industry has grown in significance both in terms of popular culture and economically. This is demonstrated by the size of the industry, both in the UK and the role the UK Games sector holds worldwide. It is the worldwide competition that brings me to your current challenge …

Sony is preparing its fourth million-pound spend on a PlayStation 3 game this year, MCV understands. The seven-figure backing for Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune follows similarly lavish promotions for the likes of Motorstorm, Resistance: Fall Of Man and Ratchet And Clank: Tools Of Destruction. And Sony has done its financial utmost …

DISNEY believes that the ‘massive’ marketing plan behind its upcoming High School Musical karaoke title will place it as the perfect product for UK families this Christmas – even amongst those who aren’t yet aware of the mega-selling franchise. The publisher releases High School Musical: Sing It! next week on PS2, …

Bungie has been stealing headlines across the games media thanks to its recent divestment from Microsoft. We caught up with audio director Marty Oâ??Donnell at the recent Video Games Live concert to discuss the deal and his thoughts on game audioâ?¦

Retail’s refusal to break the official street date of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 has left Konami UK general manager Pete Stone almost as impressed as the game’s debut at number one in the software chart. Last year, retailers such as Woolworths and Gamestation started selling the game’s predecessor, Pro Evolution …

Government meets with Game Developers' Association of Australia and promises to review tax credits

Popular Aardman character and TV star Shaun the Sheep is to star in his own video game, MCV can reveal. D3Publisher of Europe has snapped up the licence to the kids’ television series, which is a spin-off from the Wallace and Gromit property that made Aardman a world famous animation …