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Sony is assembling an arsenal of over fifty 3D games in its new assault on the home console market – with over twenty of those titles being built internally. Ahead of his ‘3D gaming’ keynote at this week’s Develop in Liverpool conference, SCEE studio director Mick Hocking said he will …

It is being reported that Bethesda is currently developing a fifth instalment in its Elder Scrolls series. Eurogamer claims that the game will be a direct sequel to 2006 console and PC RPG hit Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It adds that the project has been in development for over two …

It was by all accounts a Black Tuesday for games development yesterday as job cuts were confirmed at two studios and one of the industry’s most respected developers faced up to a very uncertain future. Though the numbers are yet to be reported, LucasArts has confirmed a minor adjustment in …

Ubisoft has reorganised its studios, the firm said in its half-year financial earnings statement today. Although exact details were not provided, the publisher said it was "reorganizing the roles and operations of its studios" so it could "adapt its structure to the major changes in the industry". That means the …

David Perry, one of the game industry’s longest-serving contributors and co-founder of cloud gaming service Gaikai, is returning to his roots in game design. The veteran developer, who began his career in the early ‘80s, is currently building an iPad game along with a European indie studio. Perry told Develop …

New game targeted at helping children of broken marriages

The Symbian Foundation has announced plans to "transition the role of the non-profit organisation". Which means… what? According to its announcement, the Foundation will become "a legal entity responsible for licensing software and other intellectual property, such as the Symbian trademark". That means Nokia will take on development of the …

With the long-awaited, much-delayed Gran Turismo 5 having missed its most recent release date and currently in the process of being pressed onto disc in time for a late-in-the-day pre-Christmas arrival, developer Polyphony Digital has made a shock admission. It has already started developing Gran Turismo 6. The confirmation was …

A stabbing wake-up call was dealt to the UK games industry today with new independent data revealing that the sector’s workforce has contracted by nearly nine per cent since 2008. The extraordinary rate of decline – revealed for the first time in the latest issue of Develop – represents thousands …

Team Meat to create new IP in follow-up to lauded debut