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PopCap and the IGDA have masterminded an important deal between key downloadable casual games studios that sees sales data shared across the industry for the first time.

Sony Online Entertainment, developer and publisher of MMOs including EverQuest, has released a white paper revealing that it's software handled $1.87m in virtual item sales last year.

Finnish studio Remedy has offered a glimpse into the production of its Microsoft-exclusive game Alan Wake, revealing that just 30 people are working on the 360 and Vista title.

Warner Bros Interactive has seen through some key changes to its senior personnel, as Monolith CEO Samantha Ryan steps up to become SVP of development and production, replacing former boss Jason Hall who is leaving to focus on his own company.

Continuing our month-long series of profiles charting some of the biggest, most interesting, and influential studios in the UK and Europe, today we look at Stainless Games...

The casual games sector has been given another boost via the founding of a new studio based in New York, called Rebel Monkey.

EXCLUSIVE Q&A: In this Developmag.com interview, Games That Matter co-founder Hannes Seifert tells us why the former Rockstar Vienna team has chosen the long-discussed ‘Hollywood Model’ for its new business – and why he thinks they can make it work.

Some questions still remain as to how soon Microsoft's recently launched Vista OS will deliver as a games platform, but a team from Glasgow already has one answer - it's casual game is one of the first available for the operating system.

French Parliament has approved a bill granting tax credits for games developers, a move designed to secure and encourage a healthy interactive entertainment sector within the country.

EA has stepped up to distribute Pandemic's next-gen title Mercenaries 2: World In Flames, putting an end to some speculation that the studio may distribute the PS3 title itself.