development

• Preview Xbox 360 Project Natal Quite literally hands-on
• Preview Wii MotionPlus EA shows us a little bit of Wii Motion
• Interview EA Sports in the spotlight Product manager Oliver Hughes talks shop
• Article We are the Hardcore Paul takes an insider look at the cult of the fanatic
• Article The Reformed Games Critic Game design student Emily has new sympathy...

News

• Natal and Halo teams ramp up at MS
• Ninja Theory struggled with exclusivity pressure
• Third Call of Duty dev team revealed?
• C&C going digital at EA?
• EA shuts down developer Pandemic
• Hardcore games sell on Wii
• BioWare considering co-op RPGs
• Square Enix plot new title with global appeal
• Developers not concerned about piracy
• Criterion at the wheel for next Need for Speed
• EA nets social gaming outfit Playfish, guts 1500 jobs
• Sony see new IP as key
• Sequels planned for Epic Mickey
• Infinity Ward question power of Wii
• Next Zelda game to take advantage of MotionPlus
• Molyneux talks up significance of Milo
• Insomniac play down frame-rate importance
• Big name PC releases endorse dedicated servers
• PS3 not maxed out yet - Insomniac
• Piracy rife on iPhone
• Telltale planning something big
• Ueda looking forward to Modern Warfare 2
• Peter Moore: Physical discs not disappearing yet
• Romero forced into lay-offs at Slipgate Ironworks
• LBP-style Mario game coming from Miyamoto?
• Rare talk Donkey Kong, and the DS
• New Zone of the Enders coming from Kojima
• David Sullivan for inFamous 2 role?
• New studio founded by veteran flight sim devs
• New Red Baron game coming from original creator
• Kamiya attacks Itagaki over breasts
• Developer dismisses App Store DLC
• Activision close Spider-Man dev Shaba
• New FPS coming from Crytek UK
• Will Wright's studio plots three titles
• Ex-Bungie devs form Moonshot
• Starbreeze's Bourne game steps into the limelight
• Activision wanted WWII setting, not Modern Warfare
• New Jack the Ripper game en route
• A2M consider another new IP
• ICO creator considers making an FPS
• Ex-VU Games chief to front new Fox studio
• Polish firm to buy the creators of The Witcher
• Gabe Newell off to Australia for MOD viewing
• Kojima considers remake of original Metal Gear
• Square plan major new franchises
• Fresh LA Noire details promised soon
• New game due from Counter-Strike creator
• Halo 3: ODST includes links to Halo: Reach
• ICO and Shadow of the Colossus for PS3?
• Ex-DICE dev creates browser-based firm
• Itagaki fears for isolated Japanese games biz
• TIGA demands UK tax help for devs
• Bowling considers life beyond Call of Duty
• Elite IV still in the works at Frontier
• Blizzard show canceled title Nomad
• Capcom see Wii titles on PS3
• Tomb Raider creator leaving Crystal Dynamics
• Capcom's Inafune wants to work with Bungie
• PSP Minis could still hit UMD, PS3
• Sony plot 3D technology in PS3
• Warner to focus on DC games and beyond
• Disney deal great opportunity for Seropian
• Valve happy to axe whole games
• Telltale plan new games in new genres
• Rival MGS teams 'not friends' - Kojima
• Funcom opens new Montreal Studio
• Beyond Good and Evil 2 on hold?
• PS3 set for last big update of the year
• Okami 2 coming from Capcom?
• Natal sees Rare and MS in sync
• New TimeSplitters still possible
• Elder Scrolls V off the cards for Bethesda
• Western game makers struggle with finances
• id Software to make three big new games
• Sega to make more hardcore titles for Wii
• Grin's collapse is official
• Haze development hurt by PS3 - Free Radical
• Secret id Software titled axed before Rage
• Developer GRIN could face closure
• Eidos purchase sees Square Enix post loss
• Old school Bullfrog hits to return?
• Levine plots release of new shooter
• LucasArts oldies set for Wii
• Don't fear cut-scenes - Rhianna Pratchett
• Perry reveals axed-title Plague
• Jonathan Blow working on The Witness
• Derby might pay homage to Lara
• Big name releases push other titles into 2010
• Hand-held motion controls more sensitive - Sony
• Sony Online veterans launch new start-up
• No morality in games - Valve
• Ubisoft delay big name titles
• New Bungie game requires top publisher
• Bungie seek publisher for non-Halo game
• Bethesda almost omitted dog from Fallout 3
• Veteran EA designers jump ship to Activision
• Valve unconcerned by piracy fears
• Dashboard update for Xbox Live next month
• Doom 4 likely to be multi-disc

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