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Almighty praise from the Activision boss â?? predictable, but is there something more behind the hyperbole?

Pt2: Studio boss talks Bungie-jumps, swinging Sledgehammers and needing a horse at Ubisoft

Activision has dated some of its big Q4 titles. Wii shooter GoldenEye will launch in the UK this November, while the firm’s other James Bond title – Blood Stone – will arrive during a more vague ‘Winter 2010’ time scale. Meanwhile, the next in the Tony Hawk series will arrive …

Ubisoft will launch a Hawx 2 demo for Xbox 360 and PS3 next week. The demo is set to offer two different single player missions. Interception Course sees gamers play a Russian pilot sent to intercept stolen aircraft. Meanwhile, Seek and Destroy puts players in control of an elite US …

Develop on the judges panel at leading game design challenge

Hit iPhone game Angry Birds has now sold more than 6.5m downloads on the App Store, according to developer Rovio. The game, which was published by Chillingo, has only been available since December 2009. What’s more, the more expensive iPad version of the game, which sells for $4.99, has been …

John Carmack, the co-founder and technical director of id Software, has confirmed that his studio’s upcoming first person shooter Rage will be released on iPhone. The game has already been announced on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and, thanks to a delay, will now be released some time in 2011. …

Studio to continue improving APB, Project Myworld staff hit hardest

But the famed Dundee studio will still fight on

Nintendo’s quarterly investors’ meeting saw CEO Satoru Iwata face down questions on whether the firm can keep expanding audiences, and if it’s paying attention to new online technologies. And, of course, the format-holder chief had the right answers. Michael French picks through the highlights… EMBRACING CLOUD GAMING Cloud Computing is …