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No pressure is being put on developers within Sony Worldwide Studios to switch their focus to the PlayStation Move, the platform holder has affirmed. The bottom line is Worldwide Studios is a huge organisation,” Sony Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde told Joystiq. There are plenty of resources to go around. …

Darwin Dimensions lift lid on Evolver Pro

Peter Molyneux, the creative director of Microsoft Game Studios, has stated that as much as he’d love a chance to play with Sony’s recently revealed PlayStation Move, he doesn’t believe the tech is as evolutionary as his company’s Xbox 360 Natal. At E3 last year we saw they were having …

Lifetime achievement and pioneer awards handed to two pivotal developers

Despite having reached what traditionally would have been regarded as retirement age in console years, Xbox 360 has just enjoyed its best ever February in the US. Microsoft’s machine sold 422k units in the period – ahead of both the Wii (398k) and the PS3 (360k). The Xbox 360 SKU …

Uncharted 2 studio picks up five Game Developers Choice Awards

Following the trend set by video games hardware sales in the US last month, software sales suffered a 15 per cent year-on-year decline with the total February value hitting $624.4m. Year-to-date software sales are down 14 per cent at $1.22bn. However, if there is a champion to emerge from the …

Supergiant Games formed by Command & Conquer 3 devs

Star Wars: The Old Republic will be BioWare’s biggest title to date, eclipsing recent RPGs Mass Effect and Dragon Age. The upcoming MMO for PC will have voice acting for every line of script, equating to around 40 novels-worth or 4,000 hours worth of recording time. Shauna Perry, BioWare’s director …

In a month that saw steeper declines in the US video games market than most people had expected, Xbox 360 has emerged as a surprise victor in the hardware sector. Though hardware sales as a whole fell 20 per cent year-on-year to $426.4m, Microsoft’s machine succeeded in securing the top …