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Inaugural event hailed a success

Continuing our chat with XNA Team leader Chris Satchell, the first part of which we posted yesterday, Chris talks about the evolution of the XNA platform and the new community IP rights announced by Microsoft at Gamefest 2007...

Over 150 films entered into contest

£10,000 prize honours independent developer's vocational training strategy

Develop reports that general manager of Microsoft’s game developer group Satchell has revealed that Microsoft is working towards a service where users can publicly display and share XNA games. In an exclusive two-part interview with Developmag.com, part one of which is available today, Satchell said: It’s always been our vision …

Company wants to launch titles aimed at 30-44 year olds

CDC, CCP and others form Online Games Alliance Against Piracy group

Gamers are in with a chance of grabbing a slice of a 10,000 prize in XLeague.TV’s new Halo 3 tournament. The league competition will kick off on the day of the title’s European release – September 26th. Consumers wishing to enter can sign up on the XLeague website. The whole …

Nintendo has unveiled a new version of its mega-selling handheld, as it looks to build on its record-breaking success. Set to launch on October 12th, the 99 SKU will arrive one week ahead of triple-A release The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, adding to the white, black and pink consoles …

Following numerous forum reports that Xbox live users have been targeted by phishing scams – fraudulent activity intended to illegally gain usernames, passwords and credit card details – Microsoft has confirmed the threat and stated that it has taken action to help protect our subscribers’ accounts.” The scams take the …