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Sony’s much-hyped Home project is on track and an announcement is on its way, SCEE president David Reeves has told MCV. Speaking in the aftermath of Sony’s big Leipzig Games Convention conference, he said: There is no new news, and it’s completely on track. The closed beta has just ended …

Scaleform's Flash-based user interface middleware has hit the industry's sweet point in terms of price to productivity, we discoverâ?¦

Latest version features PhysX integration

ITN’s multimedia division, ITN On, has launched a games-focused programme on social networking site Bebo. Game On is the first video gaming channel to launch on Bebo and is available to the social networks 45 million users worldwide as of today. The company claims: ‘Bebo users can log on to …

Splash Damage founder suggests Britsoft teams should emulate success of US independents

Australian online world's middleware looks to beef up relations with developers in the territory

The organisers of Leipizg Games Convention have confirmed that the show drew in a record 203,000 attendees last week – and have vowed to return with the show next year. The future of the Convention is now up in the air, as German publisher body the BIU backs a new …

EA’s upcoming horror shooter Dead Space has been rated 18 by the British Board Of Film Classification. The body revealed that the ‘linear elements within the work had a running time (e.g. cut scenes) of 55m 23s’. Dead Space is due for release on October 31st in Europe, on Xbox …

Lack of recognition for departed coders 'misleads both consumers and game industry peers' says chairperson MacLean

Gears Of War 2 will come with a bonus disc, featuring a documentary about the making of the game and character profiles. That’s according to a new posting on the BBFC site, in which Microsoft is granted an 18 rating for the extra content. According to the body, ‘the linear …