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...and we've singled out the most interesting sessions at the inaugural French conference

In one week the first French Game Developers Conference takes place. Lyon GDC promises a mix of sessions and talks looking at a variety of issue relating to modern games production through all the disciplines from coding to business. Here, we pinpoint some of the key lecturesâ?¦

Six devs win Nordic Game Programâ??s second round of funding

MCV sister site Develop reports 2008 sees the release of Pivotal’s first next-gen Conflict game, which sees the brand move into the FPS genre – but the team is taking aim at the staples of the shooter category to devise something new. Conflict: Denied Ops is being built for PS3, …

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Sony has revealed details of its first ever dedicated PS3 Christmas TV campaign in Europe – which will concentrate on the high definition capabilities of the system. Themed around the tagline ‘Entertainment like you’ve never seen it before’, 60 and 30-second ads will run on UK TV from December 1st. …

With its dominance currently being felt the world over (though maybe not perhaps quite as strongly as it once was in Japan ) Nintendo’s powerhouse console the Wii is celebrating another record success – this time in Australia. The machine has just become the fastest console to reach the 200,000 …

MMO middleware company signs up 10 new clients in first month

One of the first titles to make the move from boxed-retail to digital-download, Eidos’ Tomb Raider: Anniversary, has today arrived on Xbox Live. Those who already own Tomb Raider: Legend are able to download the two different packs that comprise the game – each at a cost of 1200 Microsoft …

The 2008 edition of Microsoftâ??s ubiquitous Visual Studio is now out â?? Develop talks you through the key featuresâ?¦