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DEVELOP CONFERENCE: XNA boss' keynote outlines future of connected community games

Military simulation becomes ongoing focus for CAE's popular artificial intelligence middleware

Kikizo: So first of all, how does it feel to now be the global president of Sony Computer Entertainment? Kaz Hirai: It’s something that really excites me, and I thrive on challenges. I will be making sure that the relationship between the headquarter office in Japan, and the regional headquarters …

Organisers of the Games Convention are expecting it to be the biggest event yet with 200,000 visitors set to attend this year’s show in Leipzig – over three times more than the 60,000 attendees E3 attracted earlier this month, reported Games Industry . "The GC is experiencing another growth spurt …

Nintendo to ramp up hardware shipments More Wii and DS consoles on the way, global installed base figures confirmed Nintendo’s latest first quarter financial results reveal that the firm has revised its Wii and DS shipments upwards for the fiscal year ending March 31st 2008. Nintendo now plans to ship …

Forthcoming shooter The Scourge Project will use Epicâ??s Unreal Engine 3

DEVELOP CONFERENCE: Philips has signed six new developer license agreements for the amBX platform

DEVELOP CONFERENCE: Popular radio show and podcast records show at expo

DEVELOP CONFERENCE: Katie Ellwood discusses developers' assumptions about writers

Nintendo’s net sales rose to 340,439m Yen between April and June this year, compared with last year’s figure of 130,919m Yen – a huge leap of 160 per cent. Operating income rose to 90,631m Yen, up 214.7 per cent. Recurring profits were up 302.3 per cent, while net income was …