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Polyphony boss says devotion to racing games has made him 'miss out' on other genres

And the tech can demand as little as 3ms of GPU time, says SCEEâ??s Mick Hocking

Just hours before Sony’s Gran Turismo 5 at last arrives at UK retail, publisher EA has said that its upcoming racer Shift 2: Unleashed can offer a more authentic driving experience” that Polyphony’s racer. If you look at Hot Pursuit and Gran Turismo, there is a big difference in those …

Gran Turismo 4 came out on PS2 in 2004. Back then there was no iPhone, free-to-play online Flash games were in their infancy and paying 50 for a new console release was perfectly reasonable. Fast forward to 2007. Nope, scrap that. 2009? No. Try again. Fast forward some more to …

Katamari Damacy creator says the oft-criticised dev nation â??needs an injection of lifeâ??

PS3 manufacturer offering 3D training to external studios

Cedemo has launched its Video Game Barcode Scanner app in the US and UK for iPhone and Android smartphones. The app lets people scan barcodes of console games in-store, to call up descriptions, videos, trailers, screenshots and other information. It launched last month in France. Cedemo is running a competition …

The driving force behind Sony’s powerhouse Gran Turismo franchise has admitted that he would relish the opportunity to work on a different project. The first Gran Turismo was released on PlayStation in 1997. Kazunori Yamauchi’s Polyphony has since gone on to produce four proper sequels, the latest of which hits …

It is being reported that Bethesda is currently developing a fifth instalment in its Elder Scrolls series. Eurogamer claims that the game will be a direct sequel to 2006 console and PC RPG hit Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It adds that the project has been in development for over two …

He’s been on the bandwagon for some time now, and once again analyst Michael Pachter has declared his belief that Activision will introduce a premium paid-for element for Call of Duty online. The analyst now claims that Activision decided not to unveil the service prior to the release of the …