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Xaitment CEO Andreas Gerber explains how BrainPack 2011 can improve game AI

Pre-order incentives for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim have been detailed for Australian and New Zealand stores. EB Games is carrying a Skyrim Steelbook, a 100 page Skyrim debossed notebook, premium physical map and 4 collectible art cards for AUD$108 or NZD$128. JB HiFi has a combo strategy guide and …

Scribal Custom, publishers of JB HiFi’s in-store publication STACK Magazine, has confirmed its current distribution and newsletter subsribers. The printed version of the magazine now sends 140’000 copies to the nearly 150 JB HiFi stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, while the monthly newsletter now has 144’000 subscribers. Nic Short, …

Cloud gaming comes to the UK in a serious way on September 22nd. OnLive launches that day, MCVcan reveal, with some 125 titles available. The firm also has deals in place with retailers to stock the micro console as well as agreements with consumer electronics manufacturers to bundle the technology …

OnLive CEO Steve Perlman has told MCV that next year some of OnLive’s publishing partners are planning to ship disc products that contain a code entitling consumers to play via OnLive at no extra cost. They know that that means their customer can play wherever they are and have a …

The injured boy who was mugged during the London riots will have his PSP replaced, if SCEE can get hold of him. Ashraf Haziq, a 20-year old Malaysian student, suffered a broken jaw during the recent disturbances. He was bleeding on the side of the road, when thugs came by, …

All good things must come to an end, and sadly this applies to our UFC fitness challenge, which officially closed on Friday, August 5th. While smatterings of banter still pop-up on Twitter and some of our contestants are moving on to the 60-day workout, many are taking this chance to …

Market research company NPD, which is best known for compiling the US video game charts, is coming to Europe. And furthermore, it intends to deliver something we’ve until now been without – a complete and regularly updated picture of total consumer video games expenditure outside of the physical games market. …

Paul WS Anderson will be behind the camera for the next Resident Evil movie, he told MCV. The man is the writer and producer for all four Resident Evils, and directed the first and fourth film in the franchise. He told MCV: "I will be directing and we start shooting …

U-Sing publisher moves away from software after three decades; Punchers Impact closed