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CVG reports that rumours have surfaced claiming that Microsoft owned UK developer Rare is hard at work on Perfect Dark 2 – the sequel to the original N64 title and the second instalment of the series to hit Xbox 360. Sources claim the game will feature a darker, grittier Joanna …

Prometechâ??s hydrodynamic simulator OctaveEngine to launch mid-December and power Tekken 6

Prometechâ??s hydrodynamic simulator OctaveEngine to launch mid-December and power Tekken 6

Games Academy in German bolsters growing educational scheme for CryEngine 2

Games Academy in German bolsters growing educational scheme for CryEngine 2

CVG reports that Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices general manager Daniel Schiappa has hinted that his firm is working on a PS3 Home-like virtual world service, which it hopes to launch on Xbox 360 some time next year. Team Xbox reports that Schiappa made the claims at the Virtual Worlds Conference …

CVG reports that Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices general manager Daniel Schiappa has hinted that his firm is working on a PS3 Home-like virtual world service, which it hopes to launch on Xbox 360 some time next year. Team Xbox reports that Schiappa made the claims at the Virtual Worlds Conference …

EXCLUSIVE: Playing for Keeps report shows UK devs could lose status as prolific IP creators and fall into the 'IP poverty trap'

EXCLUSIVE: Playing for Keeps report shows UK devs could lose status as prolific IP creators and fall into the 'IP poverty trap'

Robin Kaminsky, the executive vice president of Activision, has told MCV that newly acquired UK developer Bizarre Creations will work on an existing Activision franchise as well as create a new racing game. We believe in brands and franchises not individual titles,” Kaminsky told MCV. So we’ll be working with …