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Double Fine has lifted the lid on its newest XBLA project: Trenched. The game was revealed the game during the Game Developers’ Choice Awards by notable developer the studio’s boss Tim Schafer, who leads the team behind recent downloadable hits such as Stacking and Costume Quest. In Trenched, players fight …

Platform holder Sony has seemingly back-tracked on claims that its NGP handheld is as powerful as the PS3. That was the line being fed to publishing and development partners earlier in the year before the machine’s official unveiling. However, Kotaku reports that speaking at GDC SCEA platform research manager has …

Just days after Microsoft revealed its Kinect SDK for PC hacking, Sony has declared a similar set-up will be available for PlayStation Move. The company will launch a new application for PS3 called ‘Move Me’, which can allow researchers, students and hobbyists create new types of software applications. With the …

John Broomhall profiles the audio team at Lionhead

The â??Move Meâ?? app will transfer PS3 data to PC, allowing for free manipulation

Unreal Engine 3 video strives to set the standard for future hardware platforms

Quantity muscles over quality for the likes of Apple and Google, Nintendo president claims

Apple unveils latest tablet - 33% thinner, new 'dramatically faster' A5 chip, with HDMI output

The second generation of iPad will launch in the UK on the same day as Nintendo’s 3DS. Apple confirmed the news today during one of its customary spring press conferences in San Francisco. iPad 2 lands in the UK and a number of other countries two weeks after a March …

Nintendo CEO and president Satoru Iwata has hit out at Apple’s focus on building a large quantity of low priced games on the App Store. The industry veteran – who announced he has been making games for more than 25 years – said smartphone manufacturers don’t value video games as …