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French publisher Ubisoft is beefing up its casual games strategy with a new internal development team and plans to work with third-party studios for new content.

The year's big night for UK and European games developers - the Develop Industry Excellence Awards - is fast approaching.

Chinese software firm CDC is to move into full game development following a management reshuffle.

Capcom's Flagship studio is to be closed as part of the Japanese publisher's streamlining plans.

German studio Crytek is expanding once again with the opening of a new studio in Budapest.

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.