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A guide to all the key updates to Autodesk's game dev-relevant tools and middleware

Tool company goes public with 'work in progress' animation pipeline solution

Tool and middleware firm moves to embrace mobile and tablet platforms

A look at Autodesk's vision of a productised closed-loop pipeline

Play4Free titles to garner new exposure with distribution deal

Upcoming EA release Crysis 2 will break with the publisher’s recent tradition and not require a user to input an Online Pass code to access key features. GamertagRadio reports that developer Crytek itself, which as a member of the EA Partners program was free to decide for itself, made the …

Middleware giant to update major software products over 2011

FUTURE’S ABC RESULTS Official Xbox Magazine2010: 60,8592009: 60,834Official PlayStation Magazine2010: 46,0122009: 47,033 Official Nintendo Magazine2010: 45,0152009: 51,271 Edge2010: 28,0512009:29,007 GamesMaster2010: 28,0032009: 34,313 PC Gamer2010: 25,0192009: 26,487 Xbox World 3602010: 23,0612009: 25,874 PSM32010: 20,6402009: 21,224Your ABC results were mostly down. Was that really surprising?Not really. Print is still amazingly important to …

IGN may be the old dog of the internet, but it still has plenty of new tricks up its sleeves. As one of the longest-running games websites, it has developed a colossal audience and continues to find new ways to interact with them, such as First Look events and My …

We speak to the creator of a beautiful game inspired by the laws of physics