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Some staff at the now SOE-owned Sigil have been left without jobs following the acquisition.

Momentum behind July's Develop Industry Excellence Awards is building, with the event scoring sponsorship from Codemasters and NCsoft.

A team of developers from EA and its Black Box studio in Vancouver have formed a new independent studio.

Animation and outsourcing company RealtimeUK is looking for new staff following a move into bigger premises.

The template contract drawn up by Tiga and lawyer Vincent Scheurer aiming to create fair deals for developers has been published.

The president of the Game Developer Association of Australia says tax breaks would help the local industry treble in size.

Midway has licenced Quazal's online middleware for next-gen games development.

Games designer American McGee has announced he will be making an episodic adventure for GameTap.

The eBay-owned web communications company Skype is introducing a new casual games portal - and is courting developers to provide content.

Unreal Engine 3 has been licenced by Sega for use in several upoming games.