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Microsoft blurs the lines between PC and console gaming
Chris Early, casual games product unit manager for Microsoft US, has highlighted the transition of Xbox Live to Vista as key to narrowing the gap between Microsoft's PC and console gaming platforms.
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CES: Supreme Commander launches amBX
Philips launched its upcoming amBX gaming hardware at CES yesterday with a Supreme Commander demo - promising console-related announcements at GDC in March.
Feature
Falling Out
After five years of development, GSC Game World finally readies its radioactive shooter for launch.
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"Interactivity is the future" — Jackson
ELSPA chief Paul Jackson gave a bullish keynote at the London Game Career Fair (LGCF) on the future of the games industry this afternoon, while throwing in anecdotes from his EA past.
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Heavenly Sword launch "unaffected" by PAL PS3 delay
British developer Ninja Theory has confirmed PS3-exclusive fighter Heavenly Sword as a "launch window" release during a Game Developer Conference presentation in London, although the game will not make it out in America before the end of the year.
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FarCry "too stylized," says Crytek art chief
Crytek lead artist, Michael Khaimzon, speaking at the London Game Career Fair today, has described PC shooter favourite FarCry as "too stylized" compared to current FPS project Crysis.
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"70-80 people on next gen teams" - Williams
Lucasarts project lead Chris Williams has revealed the scale of the company's next gen ambitions in his keynote address to the inaugural London Game Career Fair
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Inaugural GDC Russia fronts rapidly expanding dev culture
The Russian game development scene is booming, according to Game Developer Conference Russia director Anatoly Norenko, speaking today ahead of the event's inaugrual outing later this month.
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Lack of UK government funding for games "good idea," says Nordic chief
Erik Robertson, organiser of government funded organisation Nordic Game, has issued a stark warning to British politicians of an ostensible refusal to support the British games development industry with grants.
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Team17 head names Nordic area "a hotbed of talent"
Team17 studio boss Martyn Brown has endorsed development resources in Scandinavia and detailed how the company is using the region to meet increasing demand for digital download titles
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Eve Online focus back to Europe for CCP
Eve Online developer CCP is to focus resources away from America towards Europe, company CMO Magnus Bergsson said today at the Nordic Game event in Malmö, Sweden.
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"50% of '06 revenue outside North America" - EA
EA Montreal's VP points to key development centres over the next decade in Europe, Canada and Asia.
Opinion
Paper Trails
Videogames print media is a dying breed, as the latest ABC results prove yet again.
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British education crisis will cost country dear - Philip Oliver
"there is a growing skills shortage in the games industry"
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Xbox 360 HD-DVD makes debut in LA
Microsoft showed the peripheral Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive for the first time tonight, and confirmed its Christmas 2006 release date.
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GT creator talks tech, teases on release date
Legendary Gran Turismo development head Kazunori Yamauchi has hinted that a full Gran Turismo game for PS3 may arrive soon after launch
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Rumble dropped from PS3 controller, replaced with motion sensors
Sony's PlayStation 3 controller, a new version of the beloved DualShock, will not include a rumble function, the company has confirmed. The device will instead feature a full motion-sensing system.
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Xbox 360 team at work on portable - Takahashi
Author Dean Takahasi has claimed in his new book, The Xbox 360 Uncloaked, that half of Microsoft's Xbox 360 hardware team has moved onto a portable hardware project — designed to compete with Nintendo's DS and Sony's PSP - since the launch of the ne
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THQ reports drop in yearly profits despite strong sales
THQ has reported a USD 28.5 million drop in profits for the fiscal year ending March 31 2006, despite recording sales growth for the 11th consecutive year.