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Activision boss says lack of Government support means high cost of living, which impacts staff happiness
Read More »Young founds iPhone games publisher
Former EA exec Neil Young forms ng:moco, focused on high-end handsets
Read More »Eidos UK: Internal PR is alive and well
Eidos has promised the UK games media that it still has a working internal PR team, after reports suggested it had gutted its communications department. Online reports posted today quote PR executives at the company suggesting that the recent decision to enlist Barrington Harvey as a third-party agency meant that …
Read More »Microsoft releases XNA Robot Game
Open-source starter kit developed by Korean studio Zepetto
Read More »Are developers overlooking the opportunities that lie in kids games?
Our latest opinion piece examines 'the new, but overlooked' frontier
Read More »Bill Gates leaves Microsoft
Bill Gates officially spent his last day at Microsoft on Friday, bidding farewell to the company he started in his garage in 1975. According to AFP, the Microsoft co-founder, 52, will now focus on running the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , aimed at fighting disease, reducing poverty, and improving …
Read More »Sony details PS3 Trophy system
PS3 platform holder Sony has finally released some concrete details about its PS3 Trophy system that will be introduced with the machine’s next firmware update, 2.40. In a new update on the US PlayStation Blog, Sony’s director of PSN Operations Eric Lempel outlined what Sony has in mind for its …
Read More »New report points to pre-E3 360 price cut
More weight has been thrown behind speculation that Microsoft is set to cut the price of Xbox 360 in the US before E3 next month. The Hollywood Reporter cites ‘industry sources’ suggesting that the platform holder will drop the SRP of the 20GB Pro model by $50 to $299 in …
Read More »Sony goes public with 2.40 PS3 firmware details
Consumers finally filled in on Trophies and in-game XMB
Read More »Project ‘Top Secret’ winners announced
34 year-old usability expert Michael Zummo to take up game director role
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