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To offer StemCell engine at fraction of cost for prototyping purposes

Or at least it could do with new ambient 'smell effect' technology

EA will report a loss of $111m for its fiscal Q2 in 2008-2009 tomorrow. That’s according to top analysts, reports Forbes, who believe that for the three months ended June 30th, will report a total loss of 33 cents per share. However, that compares favourably with a loss of $132 …

id chief still wants to make 'exclusive graphical tour de force', though

Browser-based FusionFall lets players team up with CN characters

When Sony introduced disc-based gaming to the masses, the relationship between music and video games exploded into life. Long before Guitar Hero rocked the world, soundtracks in the likes of WipEout, FIFA and Tony Hawk’s brought music to a new audience, and were the catalyst for some of the most …

Develop's executive editor talks organising the Develop in Brighton conference...

Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros has come out on top in a new poll of the greatest games of all time. The list was voted for by over 2,000 gamers through onepoll.com. ‘Old skool’ titles such as Pac Man, Donkey Kong and Frogger did particularly well in the list. John Sewell, …

Midway is to release a new Mortal Kombat compilation for PS2 in September. Mortal Kombat: Kollection contains a trilogy of old MK releases: Deception, Armageddon and Shaolin Monks. The title will be available in the US for an SRP of $29.99. As yet, there are no details of a European …

Nintendo of America’s NOA’s EVP of sales and marketing Cammie Dunaway has said that Nintendo has no plans to introduce coloured Wii consoles just yet. In a full interview with IGN, Dunaway said: [We] certainly don’t have any announcements to make about different colours. We continue to sell out of …