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Dutch publisher Playlogic has reported a $3.39 million net loss for the first half of FY 2009 – and admitted that it may struggle to continue as a going concern. The net loss compared unfavourably year-on-year, way down from the $1.04 million profit posted in H1 2008. For the six-month …

Natal to 'shove more genres towards the fairground bracket'

GDC Europe '09: Dust, EVE emergence and the 'two types of MMOs'

Nyko Technologies has announced that it will debut its newest gaming gear this week at Gamescom 2009. Nyko will be showing its current product line, along with several unreleased items including the Type Pad Pro for Wii, the DSi Zoom Case, the PSP Charge Grip Flex and the Speaker Com …

The starkest indication yet that Sony is planning to both cut the price of the standard PS3 and announce a brand new Slim redesign has arrived courtesy of an ad currently running on the homepage of US retailer Kmart. The ad, which is on rotation here (as spotted by Kotaku), …

CCP’s Hilmar Veigar Petursson unveiled the studios’s latest ambition at GDC Europe today – a new project called Dust 514 which bridges the gap between FPS and MMO audiences. The game is an FPS for console – but one that is set in the EVE universe, and feeds back into …

Dolby Labs promises high-quality 7.1 audio at a lower data rate