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The Conservative Party has abandoned plans to introduce game development tax breaks, a Labour MP insists. Industry sympathiser Tom Watson, the Labour MP for West Bromwich East, told Develop that the Tories’ recent silence on the matter was evident of a party u-turn. The only conclusion I can draw is …

Cohort discusses its new PlayStation Move project, The Shoot

Headlining this week’s Mega Monday at online retailer Zavvi is a quite unbelievable offer – the Xbox 360 version of Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for just 17.99. The game, which five months on from its release is still riding high in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats …

Any games that receive a retrospective 3D adaptation for PS3 will likely see their resolution and graphical clout cut in order to maintain a smooth performance, according to two developers working in SCEE’s stereoscopic team. The admission backs up claims by Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades earlier this month when …

A virus that specifically targets users of the iPad is doing the rounds, TechRadar reports. Delivered in an email, the virus disguises itself as an update for iTunes. However, once the link is clicked personal data is stolen from the machine. Identified by BitDefender as Backdoor.Bifrose.AADY, the piece of malicious …

S3 Graphicsâ?? new tool provides â??up to six-fold compression of complex texturesâ??

UPDATE: Sorry folks, this one has turned out to be a hoax. Don’t be too disappointed – we did put a question mark in the headline! ORIGINAL: Microsoft will announce a brand new Metal Gear Solid title designed for its motion camera Natal at this year’s E3. That’s the latest …

Jagex has lifted the lid on RunFest 2010 – an event based on the hugely popular MMO RuneScape. It will take place on Saturday August 28th in Central London. It will feature themed areas ‘for players to experience real-world RuneScape activities’ and ‘an exclusive gameplay experience onsite that will be …

Labour MP Tom Watson convinced of Conservative u-turn

Andrew and Paul Gower have amassed a fortune of 138 million after forming UK outfit Jagex, new data suggests. The Gower’s position (pictured – Andrew) in the latest edition of The Sunday Times’ Rich List suggests that the duo are the wealthiest game development entrepreneurs in the UK, having made …