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'GameShow' strategy from newly-installed Moore pushes EA towards social networking

Eidos-owned studio to use NaturalMotion animation middleware on new game

Everyone talks about game graphics, but the true challenge for next generation games is audio, says Rob Bridgettâ?¦

The administrator of troubled retail and fulfillment firm ChoicesUK has finally found a buyer – in the shape of multi-channel retailer Findel. Findel has made the purchase on behalf of its sister company Webb Group Ltd. According to administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers, the new business will focus on driving forward ChoicesUK’s wholesale …

What better way to kick off our series on choosing a game engine than by going straight to the man representing the Big Daddy of the game engine world? Ed Fear tracks down Epic's Mark Rein to talk Unreal Engine 3 and the difficult decision that is licensing an engine.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has given fresh details of his proposal to review the impact of entertainment media on UK children – and ruled out any plan to further censor the video games industry. Speaking at his second monthly press conference in Downing Street, Mr Brown unveiled plans for a …

The Sims on Stage provides online karaoke performance venue

FireTeam: Reloaded to include voice chat features

Gravity, NCsoft and Webzen all using Max or Maya

"Significant enhancements" of Physics, Animation and Behavior tools promised