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Designers of casual games must stop copying each other and look to new ideas, says Chris Early

GHOSTBUSTERS PUBLISHER: Vivendi/Sierra RELEASED: Autumn FORMAT: DS/Wii/PS2/PC/PS3/360 Gamers have long dreamed of having the chance to destroy the StayPuft Marshmallow man, or tear after Slimer in a hushed hotel ever since the release of Ivan Reitman’s classic action comedy back in 1984. Now, thanks to the chaps and chapesses at …

gameZindia.com launched by ChaYoWo

Infrastructure grows with Montreal facility to support multiplayer gaming

Latest version adds dynamic pathfinding and multicore support

Speakers invited to step up for August event - deadline is April 30th

Roberts returns to the industry to head up pan-European operations for the publisher, which is looking to establish itself as one of the trade’s rising stars. It’s a really exciting time for me to be joining D3P,” he said. It’s a great company with major ambitions and a great team. …

New Agile and QA functionality leads charge

The entertainment giant headed by Sumner Redstone is owner of MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Studios. Annual group revenues are over $11 billion. MCV understands that Viacom has made an offer of $23 a share for the games company behind blockbusters such as Grand Theft Auto and Bioshock. Last …

Devs in Vancouver, British Columbia want level playing field to compete with fellow contrymen in the East