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When looking to develop a game for a next-generation platform, it's tempting to be sucked into licensing an engine with sexy screenshots and promised features â?? but, as the CTOs of three leading UK independents told Develop, there's much to be said for keeping your tech in-house...

Nintendo has sold 9.02m consoles globally, says Nikkei

Develop reports that the European Commission has created a fund worth a total of €1.5m (close to 1m) specifically to support games developers. The funds are direct aid and not repayable loans – it’s the first time the EU’s games developers have received such widespread financial backing, and comes as …

MCV sister mag Develop reports that Sony Ericsson’s president Miles Flint has gone on the record to talk about the company’s supposed move towards creating a games-focused mobile calling it "an area of possible future activity". His comments were published in yesterday’s FT, and come off the back of details …

Studios can get up to â?¬100,000 each from EU media program supporting games development

More and more studios are looking towards licensing existing technology to help them produce their game. But how do you choose which engine, and is it really the panacea it may seem?

Emergentâ??s game engine now part of Nintendoâ??s third party tools programme

Microsoft pushes Mizuguchi, Sakaguchi, and Itagaki produced games at Tokyo event

At the Yebisu Garden Hall, Takashi Sensui, general manager of the Home and Entertainment Division at Microsoft took to the stage of the Xbox 360 Briefing 2007 to showcase the number of forthcoming titles available on the platform and show the support it is enjoying from the Japanese development community. …

With interest from all over, the recent Epic vs Silicon Knights court case has been one of the biggest games development stories of recent months.