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Sony’s upcoming PSP successor the Next Generation Portable will be unable to compete with Apple’s iPhone and its digital distribution portal the App Store, a leading casual games exec has warned. His thoughts echo those muttered by analyst Michael Pachter last year. I think they are hurt; I think they’re …

The head of EA Partners David DeMartini has stepped down, it has been confirmed. His replacement is already in place – EA Games’ senior VP and COO Brian Neider. DeMartini will adopt an unspecified new commercial role within the publisher. The EA Partners division is responsible for teaming EA with …

EA and Bigpoint have announced a ‘strategic relationship’ to distribute certain titles from within EA’s Play4Free online platform. The first EA title that will be featured on the Bigpoint network will be Lord of Ultima this March. "I believe that the gaming industry is starting to fully appreciate the shift …

Dietrich Banschbach, director of EMEA SSG Scale Influence at Intel, offers some advice on making the process as smooth as possibleâ?¦

SCE tech outfit's toolkit to optimise workflow and iteration for studios developing for Next Generation Portable

New game engine add-on to support Xperia Play and Tegra tablets, and enable porting of iOS titles

Playfish and Chillingo to broker publishing deals for App Store, Android and Facebook

New package allows for real-time multiplayer, enhanced physics, more tools

DirectX 11 support in the Unreal Engine 3 to be shown at California conference

Analysts to offer detailed roadmap for rise in downloadable games and content at GDC