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Having flown the nest at Philips, amBX takes on a confident tone

In-game ad firm strikes partnerships with THQ, Sega, Eidos and Midway

A designer on Atari’s cult PC RPG The Witcher has spoken openly about developer CD Projekt’s intentions to bring the game to Xbox 360 and PS3. A six minute video on GameTrailers claims that the new title will be called The Witcher: Rise of the Wolf, and will boast several …

Touted as a revolutionary way to extend the gaming experience, amBX has undergone a radical makeover. The technology has been spun out from Philips Research in the form of a new standalone company, amBX Ltd, paving the way for all hardware manufacturers to start adding its functionality.

Artificial Technologyâ??s new release to bring in-game characters to life

Hugely popular US series The Simpsons went head-to-head with almost equally popular vendor Apple last night, as the former ridiculed the latter in a show aired last night. For the full story head over to MCV’s online sister-site PC Retail.

Media mogul Sumner Redstone has sold his 87 per cent controlling stake in Midway Games to a private investor for $100,000. According to the Wall Street Journal, Redstone sold the stake to ‘ease his load’. His network of businesses had begun to cause him fiscal trouble – as reported on …

The credit crunch has already taken its toll on many sectors. From the automotive industry to manufacturing and retailing, the companies that were once the cornerstones of the British economy are suffering some of the country’s biggest losses. It seems that no one is immune to the global meltdown, which …

Developer-focused event to run alongside Cologne games show in August

Shinji Mikami, the original creator of Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise, has admitted that he won’t be playing the upcoming fifth addition to the series as he claims it would make him angry” if it isn’t as he would like. MCV’s sister site Develop has the full story – click here …