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'More about artistic judgement, and much less about coders' says Geomerics

The attacking potency of forward players in FIFA 14 is likely to be toned down in a future update to the game. EA says that it has noted from feedback from players of the demo who claimed that it was too easy to score from crosses, corners and finesse shots. …

Next-gen consoles have potential, but engineers are taking a careful view on the topic

European Commission expected to announce whether it will approve incentives 'in the very near future'

The next generation of PC graphics cards have at last been announced by AMD. Two series have been confirmed – R9 and R7. The R9 cards are AMD’s enthusiast offerings and will compete directly with Nvidia’s 700 series GPUs. The R7’s, meanwhile, are AMD’s value range. Five cards were announced …

Trade bodies say members fully committed to legal obligations, but Jo Twist warns against inadvertently isolating UK consumers

T-Mobile US is to withdraw BlackBerry smartphones from sale in its stores, following a lack of demand. The telco, which is the fourth largest wireless service provider in America, says that it will instead ship the phones directly to customers. Keep stock in the retail distribution system was inefficient,” T-Mobile …

Develop examines the truth about photorealism in the next generation

Yep, it’s that time of year again. MCV’s annual 30 Under 30 is one of our most popular features. It highlights the achievements and hard work of the younger execs working in the UK games industry. The 2013 edition will be published in our October 25th issue of the magazine, …

It may be a little behind the times, but the Office of Fair Trading has issued a reports warning smartphone developers about their in-app-payment strategies. A new sector-wide principles paper published for consultation today by the OFT has highlighted a number of areas of concern regarding the sector, chief of …