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Leading component manufacturer Intel has been fined $1.45bn by the European Commission as punishment for ‘illegal rebates and practices’ used to prevent AMD from rivalling its position in the market. Intel paid PC manufacturers to postpone or cancel plans to launch AMD-equipped hardware. The fine is the biggest ever imposed …
Read More »Newest Unreal Engine 3 features profiled
Epic's vice president discusses the UE3 features revealed at GDC 09
Read More »The media is facing a ‘profound structural revolution’
These were the words of Maurice Levy (pictured), chief executive and chairman of Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s biggest ad agencies. He was speaking to a glum audience of magazine types at the FIPP 2009 World Magazine Congress in London. He also said, "Who can believe, honestly, that young …
Read More »Naughty Dog founders form Monkey Gods
Jason Rubin and Andrew Gavin – the co-founders of acclaimed Jak and Daxter and Uncharted developer Naughty Dogg – have joined forces with HBO media consultant Jason Kay to form a brand new dev studio called Monkey Gods. The outfit will focus on casual titles aimed at online social networks …
Read More »Canessa to head up Blizzards Battle.net
Former PopCap vice president Greg Canessa is to take charge of Blizzard’s Battle.net operations following his recently revealed move to the acclaimed MMO publisher. We can confirm that Greg Canessa has taken a position at Blizzard Entertainment as project director for Battle.net,” a statement given to WoWInsider explained. He will …
Read More »HMV launches new customer reward scheme
UK entertainment retailer HMV has launched an interesting new customer loyalty scheme that offers members the chance to snap up a range of limited edition or hard to find items not available on the High Street. Following a successful trial in the West Midlands and East Anglia, Pure HMV is …
Read More »Atari withdraws from next months E3
Just three weeks ahead of the girls-and-all return of E3, publisher Atari has made a surprise withdrawal from the event. [We’ve taken a] proactive decision to attend but not exhibit at this year’s E3 event,” an Atari spokesperson told Joystiq. [We are] currently focused on other selling and marketing initiatives …
Read More »360 gesture control rumours start to mount up
The rumour mill is working overtime ahead of June’s E3 event, and now the Wall Street Journal is the latest to claim that Microsoft will unveil a new game controller at the event. According to the US business publication, "Microsoft is developing a new videocamera for its Xbox 360 videogame …
Read More »XBLA, PSN extensive testing â??a barrierâ??
Grinâ??s Andersson brothers say the submission process needs to be â??easier, more accessible and less of an invisible costâ?
Read More »New report says 360’s motion-sensing 3D camera is real
Wall Street Journal claims new hardware add-on will arrive next year
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