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MTV-owned developer Harmonix has unveiled its first solo project since its acquisition - and the game is a multiplayer collaborative music game.

Former Remedy co-founder and MD Samuli Syvahuoko has formed a new studio in Helsinki, Finland that will work exclusively on games styled on disaster movies.

Intent Media, publisher of Develop, has moved to new offices ahead of further expansion for its online services, print portfolio and industry events.

London-based training studio Escape has widened its recruitment services to all those looking for work in the games and visual arts fields.

SPECIAL REPORT: Midway has pumped $300m into next-gen development to aid the making of upcoming games like Stranglehold.

UK games development trade body Tiga says that Chancellor Gordon Brown’s latest economic Budget, detailed yesterday, proves that the government is listening to the industry.

French independent games studio Ankama is to build a UK-specific support team and community for Dofus, its self-published MMO, Develop can reveal.

Second Life developer Linden Lab is setting up a development team in the UK and has chosen coastal city Brighton for the location of its new office.

Sega has signed another deal with an independent studio, choosing UK team The Code Monkeys for the mobile game of The Golden Compass.

The director of UK-based Deep Red Games, Clive Robert, has acquired the studio from its Asian owner to secure an independent future – although the move has meant some staff cutbacks.