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Climax Racing, signing Stainless, opening a Nintendo-only studio - these are just the first steps in Disney's recent development activity; Buena Vista Games plans to keep spending on games production over the next few years.

Leading international games development trade publication Develop has today added a newsflash service to its website.

Games audio specialist and Develop Industry Excellence Award winner Side UK has added music team Bob and Barn to its business, rounding out its offer for games sound production.

A new EU-wide trade organisation, called the European Game Developers Federation, has been formed to support the interests of 500 studios working in the continent.

Following the success of its event in February 2006, the UK Trade & Invesment group have announced plans for a new trade mission to Japan for games developers and service companies.

Karl Jeffery, CEO of Climax, has revealed what lies in store during the studio's 'fourth age', with the focus on a "boutique studio" approach led by new IP-based projects such as The Fixer.

London-based Curve Studios has confirmed that it too is hard at work on games set for distribution via both Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Store.

West Yorkshire-based Team 17 has confirmed that the latest episode in its well-known Worms franchise is headed for Xbox Live Arcade - just days before its PlayStation Network Platform game Lemmings 2 rolls out for the PS3 launch.

Is there no end to Sega's courting UK developers for new games software? Seems not - they've just signed up Rockpool Games for a bunch of mobile titles.

Physics engine provider Ageia and developer Bioware are teaming up, with PhysX set to be integrated into the studio's Eclipse game engine.