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CEO of SCEA Jack Tretton has talked of Sony’s joy at seeing Blu-Ray win the next-gen DVD format war against HD-DVD. According to Eurogamer, Tretton said in a statement: "The emergence of Blu-ray as the de facto high definition standard is one more reason why PS3 is a great value …

The previously rumoured PC Gaming Alliance officially revealed its intentions during a press conference at the Game Developers Conference today – head over to Develop for the full story.

GDC08: Havok suite upgraded to 5.5 as well

GDC08: First message from group that boasts support from Epic, Activision and Microsoft touts strong PC games category

GDC08: New third-party tech partners and a new licensee for MMO middleware

GDC08: AI middleware gets functionality boost

GDC08: Gamebryo developer's sales grow 67 per cent

GDC08: Design software firm swoops for French Ai specialist

GDC08: Mobile keynote from handset firm's EVP of markets addresses converged media and gaming

How do you think World of Warcraft has managed to attract so many gamers? One of our goals with World of Warcraft was to make the game as accessible as possible, and many design decisions – such as the interface, the quest system, and the visual style – were made …