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This year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference will take place in Pune on 15thand 16thNovember. The venue for this year’s conference is Pune’s JW Mariott hotel, and NASSCOM is currently accepting applications from interested speakers. Last year’s NGDC featured speakers such as EA founderTrip Hawkins, Sledgehammer Games CEOGlen Schofield, and indie …

Any attempt by the US government to use Xbox One’s Kinect camera to spy on the public would be resisted. That’s the message from Microsoft, which in a statement released to The Verge in response to privacy concerns about the new device said: "Absent a new law, we don’t believe …

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has set out his vision for a new Microsoft in an internal memo circulated amongst company staff. This company has always had a big vision — to help people realize their full potential,” he wrote. In the earliest days, it was by putting a PC on …

This year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference will take place in Pune on 15th and 16th November. The venue for this year’s conference is Pune’s JW Mariott hotel, and NASSCOM is currently accepting applications from interested speakers. Last year’s NGDC featured speakers such as EA founder Trip Hawkins, Sledgehammer Games CEO …

Ready at Dawn boss attacks retailer over its preowned strategy

A new exhibit featuring video games is now open at the Museum of Design Atlanta, showcasing games designed by women and how they offer a wider range of experiences than the majority of AAA titles. Polygon reports the XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design exhibit has nearly 40 video games …

First GaymerX event comes to San Francisco August 3rd

Blizzard has filed a US trademark for something labeled ‘cute but deadly’ for use across a range of goods and services. GameSpot reports on the listing, pointing out that upon further review it doesn’t appear to be related to a new Blizzard IP. In fact, the filing doesn’t mention video …

Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning has sounded off on Microsoft’s apparent complete obliviousness to the growing indie games market, stating that the company isn’t even acknowledging independent developers like himself on any kind of business level. Speaking with VG247, Lanning once again laid bare his frustrations with Xbox’s much maligned policies …

One of Britain’s most successful games developers is celebrating an important milestone this month. Kuju is now 15 years old and has, since its founding at the hands of Ian Baverstock and Jonathan Newth, released over 120 titles throughout its life. The studio has been involved in a number of …