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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.

The event may have downscaled but Kiev-based GSC says there's announcements to come at E3.

Chinese coders are to get a dedicated technical support forum from Sony Ericsson.

Sony Online Entertainment has bought the studio originally formed by EverQuest developers.

A new service from Babel Media offers to examine the highly subjective fields of level balancing and game design for upcoming projects.