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Hires renowned comic author Warren Ellis for 'groundwork' on sci-fi survival horror game

The standard Xbox 360 will now come with three times the hard drive capacity from August 15th, for the same 199.99 price point. Microsoft’s new 60GB standard SKU will be introduced from this Friday (August 15th) as the platform holder steps up its battle with rival PS3. No one device …

Though there’s still no suggestion on when Frontier’s Elite 4, which has seemingly been in development for an age, will finally be released, studio boss David Braben has admitted that next-gen console versions may well be on the cards. We are looking at console, yes,” he told VG247, adding when …

Just weeks after Nintendo lifted the lid on its hardware-based accuracy boost for its WiiMote , the company behind the add-on has stated that Nintendo has not exclusively licensed the technology. InvenSense’s Joe Virginia told Eurogamer that: Of course we’re incredibly pleased – delighted would probably be a better adjective …

In the opening talk kicking off this week’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival, former Sony CEO Chris Deering offered a glimpse into the immediate future of the games market, predicting a global market of 2.5bn potential gamers by 2011. Traditional games platforms like DS, Wii and PS3 will hit a total installed …

Recently-rebranded localisation and QA company adds new marketing and project managers

Global retail games sales will drop by a full 20 per cent over the next three years – and publishers will be forced to explore non-traditional distribution methods in order to afford increasing development costs. That’s according to Codemasters chairman – and MCV Legend – Chris Deering who told attendees …

A new survey from US research firm ABI has suggested that consumers are not that interested in Bu-Ray technology, with only 23 per cent of the 1000 respondents claiming they were thinking of investing in the technology sometime in the next year. TechTree reports that over half of those questioned …

Booming AppStore proves Apple handset is viable platform for games development, says Sega

Flagship Studios may have recently laid off most of its staff, but veterans from the studio’s Seattle office have banded together to launch a new studio. To read the story in full, click here for a quick trip to Developmag.com.