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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

Think the PC is on the wane as a games platform? Think again. According to new data released by ELSPA and ISFE this morning, the PC is the most popular ‘console’ in the UK for games, and is used by 33 per cent of players. That’s according to a new …

32 per cent of the UK’s population now classifies themselves as a gamer. According to new statistics released by ELSPA and the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE), the rise of online and mobile games have opened games up to new audiences. Games have become more accessible to non-gamers according …

New UK studio owned by Icelandic firm will focus on new shooter Dust 514