Game development news

Multitalented

With release dates slipping as titles need â??further development timeâ?? and louder groans from coders regarding the trials of contemporary CPUs, we look at how the increasingly contradictory nature of development â?? with studios asked to make one game for a variety of different machines â?? has impacted the industryâ?¦

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Killer Characters

Although weâ??re over a year into the current hardware cycle, itâ??s safe to say that itâ??s only with a recent crop of releases that the generation is finally living up to claims that new hardware can enable more believable characters.

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Midway chairman stands down

Midway’s chairman of the Board Kenneth D. Cron has resigned after three years at the company. Cron, who joined the publisher in 2004, is a former chairman and CEO of Vivendi Universal Games, where he led the company through a billion dollar NASDAQ public offering. He also previously spearheaded the …

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The 10 New Studios To Watch In 2008

2007 may have been â??Year of the Moneyâ?? given the large number of big-name industry consolidations and acquisitions, but it was also a year punctuated by new studios opening. Weâ??ve chosen the ten we think you should keep an eye on in â??08â?¦

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