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Ecologically-themed Microsoft competition features two game categories

Media behemoth Warner will snap up more top studios as it homes in on its target of becoming a billion dollar publisher within five years. After the appointment of Chris Meredith as the European boss of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (as revealed by MCV in September), the new publishing powerhouse …

Version 6.5 available for artists to try

After yesterday’s claims from Sony CEO Howard Stringer that the recent PS3 price drop has seen sales of the machine rocket in North America, the latest sales data from Media Create show that Sony’s machine outsold even the mighty Wii in Japan for the week ending Novemeber 11th. It’s sales …

Movie IP firm founds own game production team in order to "control our own destiny"

Unprecedented full access to foliage technology for amateur level builders

Game Connection presence from firm working on PS3 exclusive

PhysX asset libraries and tools to facilitate physics implementation

Nintendo’s motion sensing technology has brought flapping your arms around in the name of fun out of the shadows and into the mainstream. But it’s not just the Japanese giant targeting this style of gaming. For years, In2Games has dabbled in this field with its GameTrak technology. Now the UK …

The firm has bought out Paris-based Banque Magnetique – which enjoys sales of €245m (170m) – for an undisclosed sum. Banque Magnetique customers include top French IT and electrical retailers, dot-com companies and supermarkets. The company boasts a product range consisting of many brands Gem already handles, including Logitech, Creative, …