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It's a tough game engine market out there, with heavyweight engines from Epic and Emergent hogging the limelight. Working in the shadows is Vicious Cycle and, as CEO and president Eric Peterson tells us, it's not just the big boys that can develop games and engines at the same time...

John Broomhall talks to Backboneâ??s lead sound designer, Yannis Brownâ?¦

THQ and Sega impressed its retail and distribution partners across PAL territories last week, with a perfectly executed trade conference comprising over 400 delegates. Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural event in Malta, the two games giants joined forces in Lisbon to show off their range of …

GAME’s share price dropped by over 10p today, as a prominent City analyst predicted a ‘downturn’ for the buoyant UK market. GAME’s stock dropped by 4.13 per cent, down 11.75 pence, prompting Investec’s Natalia Marisova to paint a gloomy picture of the industry’s near future. She wrote: ‘Growth and performance …

Activision has teamed up with Nintendo for a new limited edition Guitar Hero DS Lite bundle. Co-inciding with the release of Guitar Hero: On Tour on the format, the pack will be available in Europe from July 18th. PRicing details are yet to emerge. Guitar Hero created a unique and …

Codemasters has teamed up with MCV to offer five lucky readers a copy of Overlord and a limited edition ‘Go To Hell’ T-shirt. To be in with a chance, all you have to do is send you best ‘Overlord’ joke (about a wicked boss) to overlord@intentmedia.co.uk. The top five will …

The publisher of new Final Fantasy title Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII has claimed that the title is the biggest release on PSP this year. The title, which is being distributed by Centresoft in the UK, is released in the UK next Friday (June 20th) and will be backed by …

Indie-aimed version of Houdini for Torque Game Engine developers

SPECIAL REPORT: Laurent Fischer says WiiWare exposes new â??unique gameplay experiences'

Tracks from Coldplay’s new album Viva La Vida and previous LPs are to become available on Guitar Hero. The new three-track downloadable song pack will Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock with the release of a three-track downloadable song pack. It will be released on Xbox Live and PlayStation Store …