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The British Midlands Development Corporation, an American development agency for central England, has been toasting the growth of the games sector in UK’s midlands. MCV sister publication Develop reports that two key announcements have been key to this growth – namely the expansion of Sega’s Racing Studio in Solihull, which …

Next-gen.biz reports that the success of the Japanese publisher’s Wii titles has boosted Capcom’s stock significantly, after Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition shipped 750,000 units globally. Capcom’s shares have already risen 33 per cent this year. The publisher also has Camelot-developed We Love Golf in the pipeline, which is expected …

Procedural content, 100MB file size, just six dev staff and self-publishing ambitions - all in an exclusive Develop interview

We speak to NaturalMotion CEO Torsten Reil about the companyâ??s decision to move into full game production and how procedural content is helping its small development team build a new IPâ?¦

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Finalist projects from student game design competition now online

What is the thinking behind the recent re-jig of your managerial structure? We have re-organised Europe under a single leadership. The UK is a critical market for us so it is important that we continue to invest, especially on the console side of things. We want to continue to invest …

There have been a lot of consumers waiting for this to happen because we’ve taken so long to do it, and now they will buy into the world of Xbox 360. The Core, which we have dropped to just 179.99, still does very well for us in the UK. It’s …

Scottish casual game studio forges new deal for cartoon-based game in 2008

Nintendo’s Wii Zapper – the gun-shaped holster for the console’s motion-sensing Remote and Nunchuck – will be sold with a new Zelda title when it is released in Novermber. The platform holder has revealed that the Zapper will be released on November 19th in the US, where it will retail …