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Microsoft has confirmed that it will be launching Windows 7 on October 22nd, with the company releasing the code to manufacturers at the end of July. Speaking at this year’s Computex event, Microsoft’s OEM corporate vice preseident Steve Guggenheimer announced the news. "This is a very important announcement for us …

E3'09: Both consoles will â??perform to their limitsâ??, though the PC edition will â??outperformâ?? all

This year’s E3 was an important one for all players. With the global economy still in dire straights and the games industry starting to appear a little vulnerable, it was important that all three platform holders came up with some big ideas to keep the interest in gaming on its …

Develop talks to the CEO of the studio behind Crysis 2

E3'09: AiLive's gesture recognition tech available for free to registered developers

Development legend Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed tantalising first details for its new Zelda game on Wii. Discussed during a roundtable and reported by Gamespot, Miyamoto said he hopes to see the game hit shelves next year, and incorporates Wii MotionPlus – so much so that it may require the device …

E3â??09: New title targeted for 2010 launch, with Wii MotionPlus likely to be necessary to play the title

All of publisher's internal and external teams now able to use Emergent's tech

With Microsoft having thrown such a great show yesterday, the pressure was on Sony to do the same tonight – a challenge it certainly rose to. It’s motion tech may be a little me-too, but seems technically sound. Where it really impressed though was with its blossoming support for PSP …

Sony weighed in with yet another heavyweight gameplay demo of its original IP tonight – God of War III. And to top it off, the publisher also announced a release date for the game – March 2010. The demonstration rounded off an impressive E3 for Sony, with a number of …