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With just weeks until the highly anticipated release of Gears of War 2, Epic design director Clifford Bleszinski has told MCV that the developer is targeting the casual gamer. For the full story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz

From Developmag.com : GamePolitics has an interesting post up dissecting the various filings available on each of the presendtial candidates, and has sifted through the Republican and Democrat donations lists to find key luminaries. Did you know Will Wright was a republican? Does it surprise you that Sam Houser and …

Studio looks to bridge student/industry divide with learning method

Closed beta for Realtime Worlds' MMO is imminent

Money will incentivise developers to create jobs in the Canadian province

Digini gets backing from California Technology Ventures

Wright, Houser, Vrabeck, Rigopolus, Garriott, Newell and others donate to presidential campaigns

Alongside news of a new DS , a dedicated online content system and GameCube re-releases for the Wii , Nintendo has now confirmed that it is to launch a new Wii Speak Channel, Kotaku reports. The free software will allow users equipped with the upcoming Wii Speak device, which comes …

Britsoft firm Codemasters has announced that it to turn off its European servers for its PC MMO RF Online on November 10th. A statement on the official site claims that the decision was reached following the failure to agree contract renewal terms with the game’s Korean developer CCR, resulting in …

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has confirmed that both Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training and More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima will be available on Nintendo’s recently announced DS-Ware download store . Joystiq reports that Reggie also says both titles would be ‘retooled’, presumably to make the most of the …