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Two senior developers are in the process of leaving Rockstar Leeds to kick-start their own indie development studio, Double 11. The studio’s new director, Lee Hutchinson, was one of Rockstar Leeds’ lead engineers up until the start of the new year. He had worked on a number of Rockstar iPhone …

Crasher to launch via download on PC this year

Sony has confirmed to Develop that Studio Liverpool will be restructured as part of ‘project prioritisation’. In a statement, a representative said: "It has been decided that production on a number of projects within Studio Liverpool will cease immediately due to project prioritisation." The full story can be found on …

Another big publisher has made the move to open a dev base in subsidy-supported Quebec, Canada – with THQ the latest to establish a Montreal studio. The new studio, called THQ Montreal, will open in mid-2010. The studio will make titles for the publisher’s Core Games division, plans to create …

Square Enix will make unavoidable” workforce cuts at Beautiful Game Studios, the outfit responsible for the Championship Manager series. It is unclear how severe the staff cuts will be, though Square Enix indicated that development of the Championship Manager series will continue. In a prepared statement, the publisher told Develop …

Trish Stratus on board for Stratusphere Yoga

Developers may no longer be bound to 1280x720 resolution

Black Rock's Jefferies talks LCD screen resolutions

EA’s Maxis studio – originally responsible for The Sims franchise and most recently Spore – has seen layoffs amongst its staff, the publisher has confirmed. "Often in the video game industry, the size of a studio fluctuates in response to business conditions," Shacknews was told by Electronic Arts in a …

Layoffs have been administered to some of the development force responsible for Activision’s new Wolfenstein game. Though the game’s principal developer – the US-based Raven Software – remains unscathed from the new round of layoffs, staff at UK-based outfit Endrant Studios have been handed their notice. Speaking to Develop, a …