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Activity behind Nokia's new N-Gage platform is progressing at speed according to reports hitting the web, with the SDK shown off and studios such as Foundation 9 signed for first-party productions.

In this exclusive Q&A, the organiser of Australian games expo and conference GO3 David Kazim, has told Develop that the increased melding of the Western and Eastern games cultures means plenty more opportunities for developers.

3D graphics company Softimage has partnered with Electronic Arts' Chicago studio to build a game development pipeline built on its XSI animation software.

China's share of the world's outsourcing market will be worth over $1.3bn next year, says a report from a leading US research firm.

Sony's Worldwide Studios president Phil Harrison will present the opening keynote at March's Game Developers Conference, promising to discuss 'the third age of video games'.

The wraps have been thrown off Austrian studio Games That Matter at a press conference in Vienna today, to reveal that the company put together by the founders of Rockstar Vienna will aggresively pursue a 'Hollywood model' approach to games development.

Develop can reveal that Australian developer conference GO3 has scored another big-name speaker, this time enticing Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima to head over to Perth.

Tool provider Perforce is expanding its global reach - and is opening an Australian office to service its growing customer base in the country and the entire Asia Pacific region.

Sega has signed up the rights to publish a brand new PSP game being produced by Kuju's Brighton studio.

A new studio has opened up in Northern Ireland - and it has already scored backing from the the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment for its first project.