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New games device must also be a "credible phone" if launched, says SE president

WBIE founder's new company producing animated series using Epic's game tech

MCV sister mag Develop reports that Denmark’s Deadline Games is planning for a major ramp up of its production capacity after signing a massive deal with Eidos for ten new games. The three-year agreement covers ten games based on characters taken from the Hanna-Barbera studio licensed to Eidos by Warner …

Danish studio set for expansion as it signs three year deal to make multiple Hanna-Barbera games

Dan Cornelius, UK marketing manager for Xbox 360 hardware has said that the Xbox 360 price drop will inevitably lead to flood of consumer uptake for the Microsoft console – and that the move has highlighted the differentiation between it and Sony’s PS3 by not forcing consumers to foot a …

Top Vivendi executive Pascal Brochier reveals his expectations for the frantic end-of-year period and talks about re-structuring, product and the importance of the UK market in our exclusive interview. He also reveals the firm’s intentions to be increasingly creative and aggressive” in European markets. To read the full interview, just …

The British Midlands Development Corporation, an American development agency for central England, has been toasting the growth of the games sector in UK’s midlands. MCV sister publication Develop reports that two key announcements have been key to this growth – namely the expansion of Sega’s Racing Studio in Solihull, which …

Next-gen.biz reports that the success of the Japanese publisher’s Wii titles has boosted Capcom’s stock significantly, after Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition shipped 750,000 units globally. Capcom’s shares have already risen 33 per cent this year. The publisher also has Camelot-developed We Love Golf in the pipeline, which is expected …

Procedural content, 100MB file size, just six dev staff and self-publishing ambitions - all in an exclusive Develop interview

We speak to NaturalMotion CEO Torsten Reil about the companyâ??s decision to move into full game production and how procedural content is helping its small development team build a new IPâ?¦