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New service allows users to upload funds that can then be used for purchases at a later date

Rumour and allegations return for the Facebook game giant

A follow-up to last year’s PS3, Xbox 360 and PC shooter Section 8 has been unveiled by developer TimeGate Studios. Section 8: Prejudice promises more combat missions, tweaked online multiplayer modes and a range of new weaponry. The original allowed gamers to descend straight into battle from 15,000 feet and …

Distribution is the third pillar of self-publishing. In this week's column, Lovell looks at how the role of distribution has changed from the days of warehouse, vans and men with barrows.

The decline of the boxed PC games market has claimed one of its most high-profile casualties yet with news that the PC arm of famed football management series Championship Manager has been put on hold”. Instead, developer Beautiful Game Studios is to focus on expanding the series into growing markets …

Developers offered cash prizes for building netbook specific games

Project manager Erik Johnson on turning a quaint puzzle game into a triple-A product

Green Man Gaming is hiring seven new recruits after securing additional funding. The ambitious digital firm is also launching its mobile Android platform next year, and is seeking partnerships with retailers across the world – including those based in the US. CEO Paul Sulyok said: We will be rolling our …

Trion Worlds, the heavily VC-funded MMO start-up, has spent over $50 million on its first project, the group’s boss has confirmed. That project, entitled Rift: Planes of Telara, has been in development for some four years due to project delays. Trion CEO Lars Buttler told Develop the game’s exorbitant budget …

Indie dev would be dead and buried were it not for Valveâ??s digital distribution system