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After announcing an exclusive deal with Sony to produce a new, unnamed PS3 title, Develop spoke to Paris-based Quantic Dreamâ??s CEOs David Cage and Guillaume de Fondaumière (pictured) to find out more about their approach to games and life as a French games studioâ?¦

EA’s Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix has retained its top spot in the ChartTrack All Formats top 40 for the third week in a row. The action title is followed by Nintendo’s More Brain Training in two and Activision’s Shrek The Third in three – which also …

UNITS UK MARKET (Weeks 1 – 26 2006 vs. Weeks 1 – 26 2007) Total Excl. Non Games Total UK MarketUnits (m) 2006 2007 Change % Total Games Software 21.87 26.01 +19 Gameboy Advance 1.00 0.52 -48 Microsoft Xbox 1.73 0.43 -75 Microsoft XBox 360 1.36 3.14 +131 Nintendo DS …

Today sees the relaunch of Develop’s home on the internet, www.developmag.com, with the overhauled site now offering regular features, tutorials and studio profiles alongside its daily complement of breaking business news. The new site has been designed with the development community in mind and is perfect for anyone involved in …

Representatives from 55 companies to visit Manchester and Brighton

German team Twintime already has government fund backing for prototype game

Version 5.0 of the production management tool with QA functions successfully rolled out

Garage Games delivers engine that aims to boost Wii Software creation

iNiSâ?? Takashi Fuji implores developers to open their minds

Swordfish Studiosâ?? Ian Flatt shares his experience on moving from PS2 to new gen programming and offers advice on how to survive the switchâ?¦