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The organisers of Game Based Learning have called on the UK games industry to get involved in an effort to fix the skills crisis affecting the sector. The games industry has suffered from a shortage of students taking subjects in science, technology, engineering or maths, with many developers unable to …
Read More »EA exec departs for Zynga
Steven Chaing quits as EA senior vice president after 12 years of service
Read More »Bleszinski heaps praise on Natal
Cult developer and design director at developer Epic Games Cliff Bleszinski has expressed his interest in the motion control movement that’s currently enveloping the console sector, singling out Natal as the technology that interests him most. I find motion controls to be very interesting, very compelling,” he told IGN. The …
Read More »Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions revealed
The next Spider-Man game from Activision Blizzard has been revealed, bearing the suffix Shattered Dimension. The new title was spotted on the cover of GamePro’s upcoming May issue, but no other details have been given yet. Given the lack of a new movie in the near future, it is highly …
Read More »Former Ensemble manager rejects ‘crunch’ claim
Game designer Ian Fischer rejects claims by supposed creative director made at GDC
Read More »Brown and Cameron back creative sector awards
Cross-party support for awards night celebrating the UKâ??s creative industries
Read More »Codemasters warns of Natal bandwagon jumps
Retrofitting Natal components can lead to failure, says Cheshire
Read More »Breath of fresh air?
In fact when it comes to physical retail, I’m wondering: What took O2 – already a destination for mainstream technology, especially the games-heavy iPhone – so long to get games? It could have jumped on the bandwagon months before Q4. Where O2 has surprised is in its bold idea to …
Read More »Dubious report calls PS3 overpriced
Earlier this month MCV ran a story highlighting a ‘report’ claiming that 87 per cent of PS3 owning males had bedded their girlfriends on the night of the infamous PS3 calendar bug. The story was tongue-in-cheek to say the least. We thought we’d made it obvious that, while choosing to …
Read More »Bethesda to publish Hunted
Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, the latest game from the brains behind Baldur’s Gate and Fallout, InXile, will be published by Bethesda Softworks. Founder of developer InXile Entertainment, Brian Fargo, said: We are thrilled to be working with Bethesda Softworks on this upcoming release that takes us back to our roots.” …
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