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Epic Games' UDK passes download milestone in less than two years

Sega has confirmed that it will next year release an official game to tie-in with the 2012 Olympics. Called London 2012 – The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games, it will include over 30 events and online functionality. The game, which is licensed by International Olympic Committee’s interactive entertainment …

Sony is not ruling out the use of 3D technology for PlayStation small-screen devices such as NGP, the company has said. Yet the firm told Develop that its current strategy for the PSP successor is to build a pure gaming device”. Mick Hocking, the director of Sony WorldWide Studios’ 3D …

Side's director Phil Evans offer some sage advice on the increased importance of choosing the right mic for the right voice actor

Finnish firm Nokia, once the giant of the mobile phone scene, has sent a chilling warning to investors. The company has warned that it is likely to report no profit for the quarter ending June and that overall handset sales would be "substantially below" the €6.1bn to €6.6bn previously forecast. …

But NGP focus is, for now, to deliver 'PS3-like experiences'

Realtime physics, lighting and graphical quality demonstrated

PlayStation group still eager to teach external studios about the tech

Google has removed a series of console emulators by developer Yong Zhang from the Android Market, while also revoking his developer privileges. The apps includeNesoid, Snesoid, Gensoid, N64oid, Ataroid, Gearoid and Gameboid,some of which had been riding high in the Android Market charts for months as paid apps. According to …

Atari’s has sold its Californian studio Cryptic for $50 million to China’s online gaming giant Perfect World, the company has said. Cryptic was acquired by Atari 2008 for $27 million, and went on to build MMO titles such as Star Trek Online and Champions Online. However, the studio has been …