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Read More »Nvidia’s buy of Ageia a done deal
Graphics firm's acquisition of physics specialist now a done deal
Read More »NCsoft profits up
Lineage and Tabula Rasa were the key drivers in NCsoft’s full-year financials, which saw an overall sales drop of three per cent, but an operating profit, pre-tax profit and net profit of 14 per cent, 24 per cent and 18 per cent respectively. Fourth quarter consolidated net sales stand at …
Read More »EA renews NFL licences
EA has confirmed the extension of its exclusive licensing agreement with the National Football League and NFL players. The agreement allows the company to develop, publish and distribute American football video games, and provides EA with the rights to NFL teams, stadiums and players until the end of the 2012 …
Read More »More Portal on the way
Following its inclusion in EA’s successful The Orange Box, Valve’s dimension-bending shooter Portal has become somewhat of a cult classic – and now developer Valve has said that there’s plenty more to come from the franchise. Speaking to Eurogamer, Valve’s Doug Lombardi said of a possible add-on or sequel: "There’ll …
Read More »Valve unveils free publishing and development tools
Steamworks offers sales stats, copy protection and other functions to PC game developers
Read More »Steam deal struck with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. prequel
Ukrainian developer GCS Game World has confirmed that its upcoming FPS-prequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky will be made available on Valve’s online distribution network Steam simultaneously with its release at retail. For the full story, head over to MCV’s best online buddy Develop.
Read More »Star Trek Online facing dev switch
WarCry is reporting that San Francisco-based Perpetual Entertainment, now known as P2, has ceased work on the Star Trek Online project. To read the story in full, head over the MCV sister-site Develop.
Read More »Hasbro wants to shut down Scrabulous
Popular Facebook casual game under fire for infringing Scrabble copyright
Read More »Rockstar Steams up
Another publishing superstar has climbed aboard the Steam bandwagon with news that Rockstar is to offer its PC catalogue on Valve’s ever-growing downloads service. Ten games are available to buy online now – GTA, GTA2, GTA3, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Midnight Club II, Max Payne, Max Payne 2, …
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