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The BBC plans to ‘beef up’ its strategy for gaming and return to games development, according to a report in Scotland on Sunday, with the first word about the corporation’s plans to be unveiled at next week’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival. Simon Nelson, controller for multi-platform and portfolio of BBC Vision, …

Broadcaster to unveil new games strategy at Edinburgh? UPDATE: the BBC responds

Big name US developers team up over digital distribution deal

Next-gen.biz reports that both the DS SKUs have the market all sewn up in central Europe, with a dominant Nintendo also scoring major success with its range of brain training titles. While DS, Wii, PS2 and PSP games domninate, there’s no sign of PS3 or Xbox 360 in the latest …

Free procedural texture generator gets usability improvements

Information sharing resource aims to enhance PS3 development

The storming performance of DS hardware, More Brain Training and its two Pokmon titles have elevated the Nintendo handheld to become the market-leading format this week, MCV can reveal. In the biggest sales week since Easter, DS was the lead format in both unit and value terms for the first …

Hopes to build more game development courses

The seven best selling titles in Japan are new entries, led by Mario Party 8 on the Wii at number one – which outsold Everybody’s Golf 5 on the PS3 at number two by 100,000 units, reported Next Generation . Following them at number three is Taiko Drum Master on …

The renowned industry veteran joins after a spell as global brand director at Eidos, where he oversaw the revival of the key Tomb Raider franchise, the continued success of the Hitman series, and the introduction of Just Cause as a key IP. The appointment is quite a coup for Square …