The fifth Develop conference will begin tomorrow, running from July 13–15 at Brighton’s Hilton Metropole.
The event boasts a wide range of keynotes from senior figures at Bioware, Rare and Jagex, among others, plus a UK exclusive Fable III demo from Peter Molyneux and a first public games address from Ed Vaizey, who was appointed Minister [...]
Ubisoft expects to report sales of €160 million (£133.9m / $201.1m) for its first quarter ended June 30, up 93 per cent compared with the €83 million (£69.5m / $104.3m) generated in the same period in 2009.
Final sales figures for the first quarter will be released when the Paris stock exchange closes on July 22. [...]
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said that the company is actively planning to expand its digital distribution business, despite mixed results in the area to date.
Speaking during the firm’s 70th annual general meeting of shareholders late last month, the executive said DS and Wii consumers haven’t been buying as many products online as Nintendo would [...]
UK videogame software, hardware and accessories sales declined 16 per cent during the first half of 2010, according to data from Chart-Track.
Combined sales for the first 26 weeks of the year totalled £963 million, down from £1.143 billion in 2009, MCV reports.
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Nintendo’s 3DS will feature “sophisticated” in-built technology designed to combat piracy, the platform holder has told THQ.
"What excites me even more [than 3DS games] is that there’s technology built in that device to really combat piracy," THQ’s executive VP of global publishing, Ian Curran, told CVG.
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12 per cent of UK citizens suffer from poor binocular vision that stops them processing 3D images properly, according to The Eyecare Trust.
“3-D technology relies on our eyes’ ability to work together as a co-ordinated team to achieve an accurate perception of depth,” the eye care charity says.
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An amended lawsuit filed against Activision by current and former Infinity Ward staff members claims the publisher went to extreme lengths to force the studio to create Modern Warfare 3.
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Blizzard has quickly dropped plans to make its customers use their real names on its online forums.
The World Of Warcraft developer backtracked on the policy – which was announced last week and due to go into effect upon StarCraft II’s launch later this month – following a backlash by its message board community.
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Ruffian Games’ debut title, Crackdown 2, entered the UK all formats chart at number one during the week ended July 10.
The Microsoft published game knocked Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 from the top spot after two weeks.
Red Dead Redemption dropped a spot to third, ahead of Dance On Broadway, which was up two places, and [...]
