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The switch from single to multi-threaded coding may still be causing headaches for some game programmers - but studios are getting much better at making games for multicore processors, says Intel.

There's just one month left for studios to put forward their nominations for the 2007 Develop Industry Excellence Awards.

Red 5 Studios, the team founded by former World of Warcraft developers, has signed up game designer Scott Youngblood.

How Sheffield Hallam University helped Sumo Digital make a splash on the PlayStation Store.

The team behind LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule, has been discussing the background to its eye-catching game in an exclusive Develop interview - and has plenty of good things to say about host format PS3.

Develop speaks to the GM and VP of EA’s Canadian studios.

The CEO of animation tool firm NaturalMotion studios has predicated that studios will soon start seeing an acceleration of development timetables – and it’s all thanks to the vibrant tools sector, he says.

Just a day after being named as the leader in our Develop 100, EA has reinforced its place in Canadian games development by backing the Vancouver International Games Summit.

NewMarket China has teamed up with Shanghai-based development studio ArtCoding to form a new outsourcing offer in Asia for North American companies.

Analyst AG Edwards thinks that Take 2's new board will initiate staff cutbacks at underperforming studios in order to get the publisher back on track.