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Of all the possible presents a child will eagerly envisage receiving when watching their parent wander into a video games shop, you can guarantee that the one thing they won’t expect or appreciate is Algebra Adventures. Thanks,” they’ll say through gritted teeth, while concluding yet again that their parents hate …
Read More »Eidos real heroine
She might not have much interest in discovering the Scion and she’s never fought off the advances of belligerent bears or destructive dinosaurs (as far as we know, anyway). But SCi CEO Jane Cavanagh still has a notable amount in common with Eidos heroine Lara Croft: namely an interminable appetite …
Read More »Nikitova branches out into game development
Company will use eastern European staff; UK wages 'too high'
Read More »Microsoft opens game IP for non-commercial projects
GAMEFEST: Landmark legal move allows consumers free use of Halo, Forza and Viva Piñata assets in homebrew works
Read More »Microsoft reveals new XNA dev tool
In his keynote at Microsoft’s Gamefest event, XNA general manager Chris Satchell unveiled the latest version of XNA Game Studio – and announced a new strategy for the product, reports MCV sister mag Develop . Previously planned to be split into two packages – Game Studio Express for hobbyist users …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Transformers holds firm at top
Only Activision, EA and 505 Games manage to break Nintendo’s stunning summer run of sales in this week’s ChartTrack all formats top ten. Heavy promotion on TV and the small matter of an accompanying blockbuster movie help Activision’s Traveller’s Tales-developed action title to fight off the march of Pokemon on …
Read More »Microsoft reveals XNA Game Studio 2.0
GAMEFEST: Xbox Live support to be available for both pro and amateur developers
Read More »Apple’s iPhone to take on Nintendo?
A report in the New York Post today claims that Apple is secretly gearing up to push its iPhone – and perhaps its new Apple TV device – as gaming platforms. Taking last week’s furore over Nintendo filing for a patent for a motion-sensitive DS-style device as its queue, the …
Read More »Nvidia achieves record increase in revenue
Nvidia has recorded a landmark increase in revenue in its second quarter results – a rise of 36 per cent year on year thanks to strong demand for its chips. Nvidia said it has earned $172.7 million (85 million) during the quarter – a figure that mean it had seen …
Read More »No wi-fi on full-speed PSP
SCEA has confirmed that PSP’s newly found ability to run games using the full 333Mhz power of its CPU compromises the machine’s wireless functionality – meaning developers will have to choose between full-blown processing power or wireless multiplayer. The PSP’s processor had until recently been limited to a speed of …
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