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When it comes to networking middleware, efficient multiplayer is just expected, but community and commerce tools are highly prized, reckons Jon Jordan

Statistics from market research company Media Control Gfk International suggest that gaming has overtaken DVD and Blu-ray in terms of worldwide market value, Edge Online reports. The firm claims that games accounted for 53 per cent of 2008’s global packaged media commodities market, which in total valued $61bn. Global video …

3D event defies economic downturn to return bigger than ever

Online retail giant Amazon.co.uk has hired internet veteran Chris Poad as director of software and video games Poad was previously employed as head of e-commerce at the UK subsidiary of German company OTTO, where he was responsible for the online retail strategy for home shopping businesses such as Grattan and …

Following its announcement late last week that 5,000 jobs are to be lost in the next 18 months, Microsoft has over the weekend confirmed a number of new cuts. The first high-profile casualty of the cull seems to be the head of Microsoft’s Games for Windows PC gaming initiative, Chris …

Whilst 30 per cent of the companyâ??s game testing force is also let go

What’s the biggest difference between marketing an MMO and a more traditional video game? With the traditional MMO market, where you see the likes of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings and Warhammer, a lot of those users are aware of what an MMO is. What we have with Football Manager …

'09 outing of Microsoft's developer event moved based on 'feedback from partners'

Court ruling suggests 200 employees unpaid at Utah studio

Next week, key representatives from the 3D graphics community will convene in Monaco for the 2009 Imagina conference. We caught up with Laurent Puons, director general of the event, to find out moreâ?¦