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Based on the Visual C# 2005 Express Edition and .NET Compact framework, XNA Game Studio Express allows anyone with a Windows PC to develop a game, which can then be shared to other creators via the web or an Xbox 360-backed online Creators Club. Plus, Microsoft is launching a game …

Publisher Bethesda has lifted the lid on a brand new project that it hopes will appeal to gamers jaded by the onslaught of high-adrenaline titles that characterise the modern market. The game, called Dishonored, has been revealed by US mag GameInformer. Described as "the antithesis of a edge-of-your-seat roller-coaster ride", …

Sydney-based MCV Pacific will offer region-specific news and analysis

Fresh lick of paint for leading industry publication; Reports service added

Brand agency Splendid, perhaps best known most recently for its Smirnoff Nightclub Exchange Project campaign, has hired former Xbox brand marketing manager Alex Weller. Weller was part of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 launch team and was part of the successful Kinect UK launch team. We are absolutely delighted to have Alex …

Arkane Studios working on new stealth-FPS Dishonored

The development world has changed, and so have we, says SCE chief

Significant gaming force Apple has announced that it’s sector-bossing App Store has now passed the 15bn download milestone worldwide. That’s spread across over 425,000 apps. There are now over 200m iPhone, iPad and iPod in circulation across the globe with the devices officially available in 90 countries. Developers have grossed …

Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has said that his company’s upcoming Wii U console will be 3D-enabled – though don’t get your hopes up for much in the way of first party support. Speaking to Mercury News, the exec confirmed: "If you are going to connect Wii U with a home …

Develop Online, the fastest growing games industry website, has shattered online traffic records in two successive months. According to Google Analytics, online readership for www.develop-online.net soared to 303,696 unique users for the month of May. The unique user milestone more than doubles Develop-Online’s previous all-time record, which was set in …