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Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer is to host a keynote press conference at Gamescom 2013 next week. CVG reports that word of the event was sent out to the German press late last week. MCV understands that Spencer’s talk will take place some time on the evening of Wednesday August …
Read More »New consoles essentially the same, says Carmack
Similar specs and huge memory will make development easier, claims tech guru
Read More »PS4 can ‘fundamentally alter the landscape for games’
Although triple-A games will ‘thrive’ on PS4, the hardware’s designer saysa complementary range of indie games will herald a ‘Renaissance of Gameson PS4’. Talking in a keynote today opening the Develop Conference in Brighton,Cerny recounted the history of the new console and his own career. His verdict, after spending five …
Read More »Peter Moore keynotes the EB Expo
TheCOO of EA, Peter Moore, has made a personal appearance at Australia’s biggest ever games event EB Expo to deliver a keynote address. His talk spent a considerable amount of time recounting the path games have trodden to get to where they are today, reminiscing about the pre-console FPS days, …
Read More »Media Molecule to headline Develop Conference
The creators of LittlBigPlanet will be interviewed by Phil Harrison at this month's event
Read More »Apple to reveal iCloud, iOS 5 on Monday
A coincidence or a big middle finger? Either way, Apple confirmation of what promises to be an exciting keynote address to kick off this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference has given journalists a logistical nightmare. The presentation will kick off at 18:00 UK time on Monday June 6th. However, Microsoft’s E3 …
Read More »Iwata: WiiWare/DSiWare have been disappointing
Satoru Iwata has admitted that Nintendo has been disappointed in the performance of its downloadable games services. During his keynote speech at GDC 2011 in San Francisco, the Nintendo president said: To date, our WiiWare and DSiWare services have not operated as well as they should have.” The Wii’s games …
Read More »Edinburgh Interactive registration opens
Registration has now gone live for Edinburgh Interactive 2011. And the organisers have announced that Tencent – China’s biggest internet service portal – will keynote the event. Visitors can book tickets to this year’s event by visiting the offical site at www.edinburghinteractive.co.uk. Early bird deals run until March 31st, 2011, …
Read More »Iwata to keynote GDC
Satoru Iwata is to keynote the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco for the fourth time this year. He will deliver a session at next month’s event titled ‘Video Games Turn 25: A Historical Perspective and Vision for the Future’. The Nintendo president’s talk coincides with the 25th anniversary of …
Read More »Distributors Christmas opening hours
The following guide offers you the details on who is open when this Christmas. Print his page or click here to download a sexy PDF.Advantage0121 506 9585 Dec 13th to Dec 17th: 9am – 5.30pmDec 18th: 9am – 2.30pmDec 20th to Dec 23rd: 9am – 6pmDec 24th to Dec 28th: …
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