BETTER SOUNDThe device has enhanced sound and volume quality for those using either headphones or playing with audio for all to hear. Users can also use the DSi as a music playback device – although it supports AAC files rather than MP3s. The DSi Sound software (for more details see …

The ghost of EUK is still haunting the High Street – with WH Smith this week telling MCV that it is to ditch entertainment products – but it seems there have never been more opportunities for games companies to take advantage of new routes to market. WH Smith, one of …

In 50 years of business, Japanese firm Sega has been an ever-transforming presence in the global games industry â?? and its operation in Europe has been no different.

Yesterday we heard how Climax restructured its business around outsourcing and flexibility.

Award-winning Scots studio Denki carved out a unique niche with its early entry into interactive TV development, but now it's having another sniff around DS and PSP, as well as looking at iPhone. MD Colin Anderson and internal development manager cum industry legend Gary Penn answer our questions...

The Guardian newspaper has asserted that the GAME Group is ‘caught up in the general consumer gloom’ – despite the retailer giving a positive presentation on its prospects in France. According to the paper, GAME shares have slipped 3.5p to 143.75p today – but analysts have been positive about the …

The organiser of next year’s Cologne-based trade show Gamescom has boldly predicted the death of rival show Games Convention – days after revealing it had changed dates to coincide exactly with the Leipzig expo. As revealed online earlier this week Gamescom will now run from August 19th to 23rd – …

Now in its tenth year, Japan's CEDEC developers conference has seen fit to recognise the achievements of local developers in a new peer-voted awards ceremony, the CEDEC Awards. Develop was on hand to discover how it attempted to tackle over 30 years of home-grown development talent...

Games need to be built with energy-saving 'game suspension' function, says retail giant

The continuing appeal of the DS across a broad range of demographics makes it a tempting platform â?? but thereâ??s some preconceptions that might trip you upâ?¦