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Valve has revealed that some 13 million gamers have now signed up to use its Steam digital downloads service. The developer best know for its ultra-successful Half-Life franchise has also announced that more than 150 PC games can now be downloaded via the service. In Steam’s case, we have millions …

Crackdown creator Realtime Worlds is backing Abertay University's Dare to be Digital competition.

Mobile games developer Gameloft has entered an elite group - it has made a game for the iPod.

In-game advertising network IGA has forged a deal with online games developer Artix.

Scottish studio Denki will see some of its set-top-box games hit the US following a deal with DIRECTV.

A new games course in Scotland says it has the answer to the industry's skills shortage.

A new 3D world engine is on the way from Icarus Studios.

Reports from the US press say that UK developer Kuju is handling a Wii and DS conversion of Bizarre Creations' Geometry Wars.

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.