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In a story that could quite easily be turned into a heart-warming family friendly film, GT Academy winner Lucas Ordoez has realised his dreams by finishing second in his class at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hour. The GT Academy competition uses a special version of Gran Turismo that is …

Unconfirmed reports claim new system will support Direct X 10

Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U will be a far "friendlier" platform to traditional hardcore gamers and publishers who release games for that audience. "Trying to make a Call of Duty experience on the Wii, you’ve got to make real sacrifices in the game just based on processing power and some of …

Three-day Brains Eden event to host game-jam and speaker sessions

[Sponsored feature] Games are great fun, says Intel, but they can be so much more

The Japanese government has reportedly accused Sony of deliberately keeping quiet about the attack on its PlayStation Network. Sony has always said that the six day gap between the attack on PSN and its first official announcement was due to the need to "forensically" analyse exactly what has happened. However, …

The Develop Awards early bird ticket discount will close by end of play on Wednesday June 15th, meaning that today is your last chance to save as much as 700 on tables. The Awards early bird ticket discount period was extended to Wednesday June 15th to line-up with The Develop …

Wealthy Washington group launches new revenue model on PC store

The first wave of free-to-play games have now gone live on Steam. Valve announced it is now offering support for such titles, including use of Steam’s micro-transaction backend system to handle in-game transactions. The system is already available to Steamworks partners and currently used in titles such as Team Fortress …

With a current 85 per cent Metacritic average under its belt, Ubisoft’s Child of Eden has got off to a strong start ahead of its UK release this Friday (June 17th). "If you played Rez though and came out the other side with a massive smile that lasted for days, …