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Activision’s upcoming racer Blur will be the first game to allow PS3 and Xbox 360 players to compete against each other AND the first to offer online multiplayer for Silver members of Xbox Live Arcade. That’s the headline claim being made by Bizarre Creations, though the mechanics of the functionality …

Buzz begins for Canadaâ??s key trade event

Aliens vs Predator has become Sega’s fastest selling game in the company’s history. The game was part of a bumper seven days for Sega last week. The firm’s Winter Olympic tie-in Vancouver 2010 saw sales leap 274 per cent following the opening of the sports event, while Mario & Sonic …

Publisher Ubisoft has bolstered its UK team with the appointment of Gareth Evans as business account manager. Evans joins the firm from Capcom and has five years experience working on brands such as Resident Evil. At Ubisoft, he will work primarily with HMV, Sainsbury’s, TRU, Ireland and independents. The publisher …

Mark Rein discusses the people who Make Something Unreal

Graphics chip giant Nvidia says the new tech offers current netbooks with ten times the graphics performance

GDC 2010: Group to showcase everything in and under and behind Vision Engine 8

The Liberal Democrats have proposed an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill that will grant government the power to block websites that offer users the chance to illegally download copyrighted material. More specifically, the party wants to grant the High Court the power to grant an injunction against a service …

GDC 2010: Euphoria engine group offers demo sessions and a closed-door product unveiling

We know that new Activision studio Sledgehammer is working on a brand new ‘action-adventure’ entry in the Call of Duty series. We know that Infinity Ward is working on DLC for Modern Warfare 2. Beyond that, things get a little murky. Activision’s official statement on the saga yesterday claimed: A …