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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.

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has been confirmed as keynote speaker at March's Game Developer Conference.

The Wall Street journal has reported that Google is thinking of buying into the in-game advertising space via the acquisition of US company Adscape - and the deal could be done as soon as next week.

The January 31st early registration deadline for March's Game Developers Conference is fast approaching - and the event is shaping up for the biggest outing in its 20-year history.

Games consultancy Pixel-Lab has warned that the ideas for a UK Games Academy would fall short of industry needs – suggesting instead that the government backs the founding of an organisation comparable to the British Film Institute.