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Another studio has pledged its allegiance to Nintendo, Develop has discovered: UK games firm Oxygen has founded a new development studio in London that will be committed to making games for just the Wii and DS. Publishing director Kevin Hassall explained to us that Oxygen Studios’ Nintendo-only focus was spurred …

New studio to focus on downloadable console titles

Cryptic Studios, the team behind MMO City of Heroes, has formed an advisory board made up of veterans from the development, financial, retail and publisher communities to help it in its expansion, reported Games Industry . Joining the board will be Jeff Braun, co-founder of Maxis, id Software co-owner Kevin …

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a Sony PS3 internet advert in the UK, reported Life Style Extra. The organisation said that the advert "could be deemed to condone or glamorize violence or anti-social behaviour.” After forcing it to be withdrawn, the ASA issued Sony with a warning regarding its …

GfK’s latest all formats top ten for the week ending August 5th shows a dominant Nintendo and Sony carve up the spoils between them. Microsoft doesn’t get a look in as Guitar Hero Encore ‘80s is the only new title to break into a PS2-dominated chart, while Motorstorm leaps up …

Publisher's new internal team targets Nintendo platforms

SIGGRAPH 07: Famed comic guru talks through the challenges of producing stories in the age of computer graphics

SIGGRAPH 07: Mocap hardware specialist unveils software solution

SIGGRAPH 07: V2.6 of procedural generated texture kit boast Pixel Shader upgrade

SIGGRAPH 07: Keynote from EA's visual and tech officer Glenn Entis predicts a rise in user-generated graphics