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D.I.C.E. 08: Games industry has become mainstream
According to Michael Gallagher, CEO and president of the ESA, the videogame industry has become mainstream
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D.I.C.E. 08: Great games no longer enough, says Kaminsky
What drives commercial success in our industry? What does it take to make great games that sell?
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D.I.C.E. 08: Europe will be Xbox 360 battleground, says Kim
Europe will be a battleground for the Xbox 360 Microsoft studios' corporate VP Shane Kim told New York Times reporter Seth Schiesel in a discussion at this year's D.I.C.E. Summit
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D.I.C.E. 08: "This is the time for madness," says Verbinski
In his opening keynote for the 2008 D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, film director Gore Verbinski urged developers to create their own paths
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D.I.C.E. 08: Visual Fight Club - Round 2
The D.I.C.E. Summit 2008 kicked off with a “Visual Fight Club,†sponsored by Autodesk, in which games industry professionals took the stage to debate key issues
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D.I.C.E. 08: Visual Fight Club
The D.I.C.E. Summit 2008 kicked off with a “Visual Fight Club,†sponsored by Autodesk, in which four games industry professionals took the stage to debate two key issues
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Conan to be censored in Germany, not US
Funcom, developer of the upcoming Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, acknowledged that certain elements of the MMO will be censored in Germany
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BigWorld signs Phil Adam as president of new division
BigWorld, a provider of online games middleware, has announced the signing of Phil Adam as president of its newly-formed distribution and operator division
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THQ Q3 net income down 75%
THQ has announced third quarter fiscal 2008 financial results, showing net income down 75 per cent to USD 15.5 million
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Nokia rolls out N-Gage
After delays, Nokia has begun to roll-out its N-Gage gaming service and media sharing site
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Trumbo named art director for Hidden City Games
Phil Trumbo, an Emmy Award—winning creative director and art director of more than 100 games, has been named Hidden City Games' art director
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MMO shift to consoles "inevitable" says NCsoft's Chung
NCsoft North America's new president, Chris Chung, says that the shift of MMOs to consoles is inevitable
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Criterion responds to Burnout HDD issue
Criterion, the developer of Burnout Paradise, has responded to criticism that the Xbox 360 version of the game requires a hard disk drive in order to play online
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Suspension of disbelief as strong as weakest link, says Entis
When it comes down to the importance of gameplay versus game visuals, the suspension of disbelief is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain says EA's Glenn Entis
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NVIDIA to acquire AGEIA Technologies
NVIDIA announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PhysX creator AGEIA Technologies
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SN Systems reduces price of development tools
SN Systems has announced a 50 per cent price reduction for all of its PSP development tools
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PSP's Daxter has sold 2 million copies
Ready At Dawn, developer of the upcoming God of War: Chains of Olympus for PSP, has announced that its Daxter game has sold 2 million copies
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Cheaper Xbox 360 coming to Japan
Microsoft has announced that it will sell a cheaper model Xbox 360 in Japan beginning on March 6
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GDAA to host Australian industry event at GDC
The Game Developers' Association of Australia will be hosting an Australian games industry business networking event at the upcoming San Francisco GDC
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MMO gold trading akin to prostitution, says RuneScape's Jele
RuneScape content boss Imre Jele has compared the growing problem of illegal real-world trading to prostitution
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Greystripe adds 10 AdWRAP distribution partners
Greystripe, a distributor of ad-supported mobile games and applications, has added ten new distribution partners to their content syndication program
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Stock Report: Jan 28 - Feb 1
Following the Federal Reserve's second interest rate cut in nine days, US stocks rose at a higher rate than they have in the past five years
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EA extends online portion of Burnout Paradise demo
Electronic Arts has decided to extend the online mutiplayer portion of the Burnout Paradise demo
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Microsoft makes $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo!
Microsoft Corporation has announced that it has made a proposal to acquire Yahoo! for approximately USD 44.6 billion