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Seamless texture generator features up to ten-fold performance hike

Credit crunch? What credit crunch? Wall Street worries aren’t stemming the flow of cash into the games industry – I-Play onwer Oberon Media has just scored a $20m boost from a Chinese investor. The Infinity I-China Fund has stepped up to help Oberon with its push into the Chinese gaming …

E For All Expo, held in Los Angeles over the weekend, attracted 15,000 visitors. That’s according to organiser IDG World Expo, which has called the event a great success”. "E for All 2008 was all about connecting great game companies with gamers and gamers with great games, and we’re happy …

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has singled out the firm’s Xbox business as its one recent unqualified success”. Despite some negative questioning in today’s San Jose Mercury News interview, Ballmer remained positive – saying that Xbox Live in particular was going gangbusters”. Ballmer called 360 a home run” before sticking up …

Workshop to delve into sensor frameworks and RGA

Gears boss says franchises are damaged if creator studio steps away from project

Cross-platform effects sequencer approved by Sony and Nintendo

Day-long event will take place in Brussels next month

But without backroom staff or buying muscle, how do you expect Asda – which has 12 months to go on a two-year EUK deal – to handle Christmas alone? Same goes for Sainsbury’s, Zavvi and Morrisons. Some publishers say they’re waiting for Woolworths to collapse and take EUK with it. …

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