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Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts’ in-development space sim has claimed a world record. Space trading and combat sim Star Citizen has now raised over $10.6m dollars via crowdfunding, becoming the most successful ever project created via the model. Of this $2.134m was raised on Kickstarter and the rest on Roberts’ …

Don Whiteford 'excited' for studio's prospects following funding

Sony’s stinging attack on the Xbox One business model at E3 saw the PlayStation firm take pole position in the next generation console race. Here, SCEE CEO Jim Ryan tells MCV why it hasn’t won yet… What’s the aim for PS4 2m consoles sold by Christmas? (Laughs). I think right …

MMO smashes records as it hits new milestone

The newest entry in Nvidia’s GTX 700 series has been revealed – the GTX 760. Priced at just 209, the GTX 760 is available now from partners such as ASUS, EVGA, Gainward, KFA2, Gigabyte, Inno3D, MSI, Palit, PNY, Point of View and Zotac. It’s powered by Nvidia’s Kepler architecture and …

KLad's free-to-play version of Age of Empires could be followed by more IP

Microsoft’s considerable investment in cloud computing will power a new breed of console games. That’s not the message coming from Microsoft itself but instead the thoughts of Respawn Entertainment, the team behind Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC outing Titanfall. They built this powerful system to let us create all …

Former Sony exec leaves to pursue other opportunities in mobile and social gaming

Zynga’s vice president of partner publishing Rob Dyer has left the troubled casual gaming firm. The former third party boss joined Zynga from Sony Computer Entertainment America where he was senior vice president of public relations. He has previously served as president of both Eidos and Crystal Dynamics. The official …

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