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NaturalMotion's animation tech now 'tightly' coupled with Emergent's engine

Independent MMO developer CCP has confirmed that the tenth free expansion for its globally popular MMO EVE Online will arrive on March 10th – the same day that Atari brings the first boxed iteration of the game to retail. EVE Online: Apocrypha sees a network of unstable wormholes open across …

Free expansion, boxed release, â??New Player Experienceâ?? and concurrent user record

SCEE has revealed that Bend Studios’ PSP FPS Resistance Retribution will be released in Europe on March 13th, VG247 reports. Retribution is the first foray for the series on PSP – indeed, it is the first time Sony’s brand has appeared on any format other than PS3. Unlike its console …

A year on from our first encounter, procedural city middleware company Gamr7 is almost ready for action

North American and global games retailer GameStop has posted some strong numbers for its festive sales period, showing that the company enjoyed its best ever performance for the nine weeks ending January 3rd. Sales for the firm totalled $2,856m, up 22.3 per cent from the $2,335m seen in the same …

Square Enix has announced a new partnership with Ubisoft Japan which will see the Final Fantasy publisher distributing Ubisoft titles exclusively in the territory. This arrangement is due to begin in April. The company’s president Yoichi Wada said: The global video game market is expected to maintain sustainable growth thanks …

Premature reveal forced team to refocus on gamer audience

Woolworths’ largest shareholder Ardeshir Naghshineh has called the demise of the retailer unnecessary”, and talked of his frustration over the collapse. Naghshineh has also talked of the terrible shame” of 30,000 people losing their jobs – as administrator Deloitte profits from the retailer’s downfall. He told Sky: "It seems a …

Now in open beta, Sonyâ??s Home is a known quantity for gamers â?? but what does it really mean for developers? Ed Fear sat down with the team behind the project to find out why developers should be excited about the possibilities in its new social space for PS3 gamersâ?¦