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It was one of the first triple-A titles on Xbox 360 upon its release in late 2006, and now rumours of a sequel to Dead Rising have emerged – along with some speculation concerning a change of development duties. The March issue of US games mag EGM claims that the …

PC and console graphics hardware firm Nvidia has signed an agreement to purchase Ageia, the creators of popular physics engine PhysX. Ageia’s engine has been used in over 140 games on a number of consoles including PS3, 360 and Wii, as well as on PC. "The AGEIA team is world …

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SCEJ has confirmed that it will launch a Satin Silver version of its PS3 console in Japan on March 6th. Costing just under YEN 40,000 (around 190) the 40GB machine will also include a silver version of the new rumbling Dualshock 3 joypad. The Dualshock 3, as well as both …

In an interview with GameDaily , the president of NCsoft North America Chris Chung has said that it is inevitable that the MMO genre will eventually shift its focus from PC to consoles – and that the shift will be a technically challenging one. "We have to really optimize for …

Australian Games Industry Business Networking Event plans to bring together execs

Financing round boosts casual games firm's plans for community-driven titles

PhysX physics tech will be paired with graphics firm's GeForce cards

Next-gen menu-free metal-crunching racer Burnout Paradise has become the first game of 2008 to hold onto the top spot in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 for two weeks on the trot. EA’s title does so despite a 13 per cent drop in sales – thanks in part to a …

While the acquisition of rival specialist Gamestation during 2007 has driven total sales growth, the incredibly buoyant market has aided the like-for-like improvements. Like-for-like growth of over 30 per cent is almost unheard of among maturing retailers which – like GAME – have not added a considerable amount of organic …