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â??As a British developer the BAFTAs means so much to usâ?? says game director Sefton Hill

They came, they drank their weight in beer, and they were quizzed – and, in the end, Splash Damage proved it was the smartest games developer in London last night. Developer of upcoming console shooter Brink, Splash Damage triumphed over second placed Curve Studios and third placed Rocksteady after answering …

UK studio beats London teams Curve and Rocksteady to claim industry glory

Warner Bros is hopeful that its library of prominent IPs will be available to its new development studio Rocksteady. It was initially expected that Rocksteady would – in the short-term – act as a dedicated Batman studio. But Warner Bros’ long-serving UK president Josh Berger says that the studio will …

DC Comics owner looking to enhance the value of its intellectual properties

Square Enix-owned group still holds significant interest in the studio

Growing video games publisher Warner Bros Interactive has acquired a majority stake in London-based developer Rocksteady Studios. The move comes after the tremendous success enjoyed by Rocksteady’s 2009 release Batman: Arkham Asylum. The deal is the latest in Warner’s ongoing strategy to strengthen its internal development capacity. In 2007 it …

Ruffian co-founder Billy Thomson hails Rocksteadyâ??s breakthrough Batman title

The full list of winners can be found below, along with an Arkham Asylum 2 trailer

Such was both the critical and commercial success of this year’s Batman: Arkham Asylum that the announcement of a sequel at last night’s VGA awards arguably overshadowed the reveal of even Bungie’s Halo Reach. However, it will be Warner and not now Eidos owners Square Enix Europe that will publish …