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Momentum builds for second yearly studio boss-targetted conference

GAMEFEST 08: Epic's engine scrutinised by Gearbox, Chair Entertainment and Midway

At the Microsoft Gamefest conference earlier this week, Epic Games hosted a special session which brought together three of its very different customers to share their experiences (both good and bad) using middleware and to offer advice to those looking to use Epicâ??s Unreal Engine. Session summary followsâ?¦

Respected US and Japanese developers team up; Dublin studio making mobile version of casual best-seller, too

Eve Online developer uses project management tool to facilitate multi-site development

GAMEFEST 08: Epic's Mike Capps says next version designed for parallel computing

But Traveller's Tales, Codemasters and Sora put up a fight

Sega of America president Simon Jeffery has likened the atmosphere of this year’s under-populated E3 to a hospital corridor” – but still celebrated the business his firm managed to get done at the expo. Speaking to MCV, Jeffery also backed the Entertainment Software Association to turn things around in future, …

Gamestation has kicked off its 24/7 online sale with a multitude of impressive offers. New deals are set to be unveiled every hour, and already include a pre-owned Xbox 360 Pro console for 129.99. MCV has learnt that other deals to come will include Haze for 19.99 and Halo 3 …

Partnership sees friend status granted to technology and arts body