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From today PS3 owners are able to sign up to PlayStation Plus, Sony’s new 39.99-a-year service. To access it users must first log into PSN via their console and update the recently released 3.4 firmware. As well as PSN Plus support, the update also offers new photo sharing options, video …

We keep being told that we’re only half way through the current hardware lifecycle – that would indicate a 2015/2016 launch for the next versions of the Xbox and PlayStation. But Capcom’s European COO David Reeves thinks the industry could be in for a surprise. Two to three years, I …

The traditional ‘hardcore’ userbase of the Xbox 360 will be amongst the first consumers heading to the High Street to buy the device, Xbox’s worldwide product marketing manager Ryan Moore has claimed. I think we know that hardcore gamers will be the first to go out and buy it, as …

Ubisoft has dated a range of upcoming titles due to hit retail across multiple platforms in October and November this year. Fronting the assault is Shaun White Skateboarding on Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on October 1st, followed by Just Dance 2 for Wii on October 15th. A new …

Key new additions to the real-time character animation and model export system

The idea of what a ‘gamer’ does with their spare time is rapidly changing, according to research from ELSPA/ISFE. So much so that it turns out that most gamers don’t plough hours of time into games, with 76 per cent of European gamers playing less than five hours. Only a …

Lionhead Studios’ years of work on the Milo project may have all been for nothing more than a video demonstration, as Microsoft has suggested the game will not be released commercially. A Kotaku report has cited Xbox Live Group Manager Aaron Greenberg as saying: Milo is a technology demo that …

NESTA discusses how the Creative Business Mentor Network can aid developers

Platform holder says the Lionhead AI project reaches beyond commercial product

UK industry charity to host third annual competition at Develop Conference 2010