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New tool enables 3D audio voice chat in online game worlds

GCube Ventures seeking opportunities within the global games field

Chinese developer using French procedural texturing tool in Free2Play online title

Take Two’s share price has plummeted on the news that EA is no longer interested in buying the Rockstar parent. The firm’s stock price has nosedived by 26.86 per cent to $16.02 on the NASDAQ today in the wake of the news. EA announced on Sunday that it had terminated …

Group looking to recruit more programmers to support its game dev teams

EA Mobile – which works under the firm’s Casual Entertainment division – is to publish the mobile version of Eidos’ upcoming Tomb Raider: Underworld. The firm has signed an agreement with Eidos that sees exclusive multi-regional distribution and licensing rights to selected titles from the Eidos catalogue being granted to …

Take-Two's rollercoaster not finished yet as key GTA talent could depart claims pundit

Jay Moore's new venture BitRaider offers 'intelligent streaming'

Activision-Blizzard has confirmed to MCV that long-awaited World Of Warcraft expansion, Wrath Of The Lich King, will be released in North America and Europe on November 13th. The game will also be unleashed in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Russia on the same date. The title will hit stores in Australia, …

There’s no doubting what game is spearheading the new retail releases this week – though if you’ve not yet felt a disturbance in the Force then it may be that LucasArts’ Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is not be for you. Anyone who saw Justin Lee Collins’ Bring Back Star …