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SCEE has announced that the PS3 Starter Pack offer will be terminated in Australia by the end of the month, despite only launching four days ago on August 2nd. The Starter Pack includes two controllers and two first-party titles for AUS$999.95. According to Next Generation , a marketing e-mail was …

â??Multiverse Platformâ?? available at no upfront cost to developers

20 games through to the final of Microsoftâ??s XNA competition

id Tech 5 PS3, 360 bound; ad-supported Quake Zero; Quake Arena for XBLA

The BBC plans to ‘beef up’ its strategy for gaming and return to games development, according to a report in Scotland on Sunday, with the first word about the corporation’s plans to be unveiled at next week’s Edinburgh Interactive Festival. Simon Nelson, controller for multi-platform and portfolio of BBC Vision, …

Broadcaster to unveil new games strategy at Edinburgh? UPDATE: the BBC responds

Big name US developers team up over digital distribution deal

Next-gen.biz reports that both the DS SKUs have the market all sewn up in central Europe, with a dominant Nintendo also scoring major success with its range of brain training titles. While DS, Wii, PS2 and PSP games domninate, there’s no sign of PS3 or Xbox 360 in the latest …

Free procedural texture generator gets usability improvements

Information sharing resource aims to enhance PS3 development