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Jack Sorenson: Part One
THQ's worldwide studios head explains what went wrong last year, and how the publisher is striking back
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EU approves Vivendi merger with Activision
The EU has concluded its inquiry, granting permission for Vivendi to merge with Activision
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Winds of Change
Frontier's managing director talks about LostWinds, WiiWare and the desire to chart new territory
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WiiWare: A new Frontier?
WiiWare is the perfect opportunity to explore uncharted territory says Frontier's managing director David Walsh
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Satchell: No business model yet behind XNA
Microsoft has focused on tools and distribution before deciding upon XNA's business model
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Average US developer salary: $73,600
Game Developer magazine's annual survey reveals that the average salary has risen slightly
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Hitman vets form new dev studio
Founders of IO Interactive and creators of Hitman franchise form Reto-Moto
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Mark Rein confirmed for Nordic Game 2008
Epic's Games VP to be joined by Shannon Loftis, Peter Zetterberg and Min Kim for the Business and Production conference track
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Rebellion celebrates independent success
Studio bosses hail status as Europe's top independent studio, and promise that "there's definitely more to come"
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Nintendo dominated 2007 UK sales
Publisher's Japan-based studios notched up almost £130 million in UK sales last year, while Euro entries were scarce at the top of the chart
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Revolving Doors
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Record demand for Nordic Game funding
Applications for the programme totalled DKK 38 million, almost thirteen times more than the amount actually available
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SEGA confirms Racing Studio closure
Developer not profitable enough to result in "successful return" for publisher following poor SEGA Rally sales
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Sega's UK Racing Studio Closed?
Sources have told the media that Sega's UK-based Racing Studio has closed
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MIGS calls for summit speakers
Developer summit looks for industry professionals to give talks this November
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Disney Interactive acquires Gamestar
Disney Interactive Studios will be acquiring Chinese developer Gamestar
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Yaris studio Castaway suspends operations
Third US developer in a week to close doors due to cancelled projects
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Pseudo Interactive closes down
Full Auto developer shuts following layoffs and the scrapping of several projects
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Prototyping The Sims 3
EA Sims Studio boss Rod Humble on the importance of blue-sky thinking, design prototyping - and witch burning.
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Rockstar acquires Mad Doc Software
Rockstar New England formed after the Take-Two developer acquires Mad Doc Software
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IGDA issues call for proposals
The International Game Developers Association seeks session proposals for its annual leadership forum
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Harmonix, BioWare, Nvidia sessions for Paris GDC
US and European developers are the first to sign up for June event
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Moore explains Madden NFL 09 PC snub
EA Sports' Peter Moore has elaborated on the publisher's decision not to bring Madden NFL 09 to the PC platform
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Darrell Rodriguez named LucasArts president
Darrell Rodriguez, formerly of EA Los Angeles, has been named the new president of LucasArts
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Hothead and Penny Arcade form Greenhouse
Hothead Games and Penny Arcade have announced a new distribution platform supporting independent game development