Nottingham Trent University’s annual games festival returns.
GameCity, the Nottingham Trent University gaming festival, will return for a sixth year in 2011, its organisers have confirmed.
Outgoing commissioning editor for education to start up own company.
Alice Taylor, commissioning editor for education at Channel 4, is to leave her post to set up her own company, according to The Guardian.
Chair Entertainment boss admits that the developer has no idea how Infinity Blade will perform on iPhone.
In an exclusive Edge interview, Chair Entertainment creative director, Donald Mustard, draws attention to the lack of empirical data available to iPhone developers. Asked what his expectations are for Chair's action RPG Infinity Blade, released on the App Store tomorrow, he offers a candid response.
Innovation-focused showcase now taking submissions for 2011 comeback.
The Experimental Gameplay Workshop (EGW) will return to the 2011 Games Developers Conference (GDC) and is now inviting submissions from “innovation-minded game developers” who wish to take part.
EA Games boss says future output “needs to be connected online”.
Electronic Arts Games label president Frank Gibeau has declared that games that contain no online component are “finished” because “online is where the innovation, and the action, is at.”
Tomorrow, Epic's Unreal Engine 3 powered Infinity Blade will be released for iPhone. The action RPG, developed by Chair Entertainment, follows up proof-of-concept demo Epic Citadel, and is Epic's first genuine game for the App Store. We caught up with Chair Entertainment creative director, Donald Mustard, to discuss how mobile platforms change both the design and development of videogames.
Browser app store boasts over 200 games from EA, Bigpoint, Zynga and others.
Google has launched the Chrome Web Store, an app marketplace that runs in its Chrome web browser and already has over 200 games to download from the likes of Electronic Arts, Namco, Zynga and PopCap, as well as assorted software and browser extensions.
Two of the team behind Cataclysm discuss the transformation of Azeroth leading up to last night's midnight launch.
UK publisher complains of breached contract by US developer NetDevil.
Codemasters has filed a complaint against Jumpgate Evolution developer NetDevil in the US Federal Court in San Francisco.
The court document, which is available to the public, seeks Codemasters’ $1.1 million investment to be returned along with legal fees and expenses relating to the project, which has faced a string of delays and was due to ship in 2009.
Downloadable collection due this month with two titles previously unavailable on PC.
Oddworld Inhabitants has announced that a collection of the studio’s titles will be available on Valve’s Steam download service “this holiday season”.
On the official Oddworld website yesterday the company says there will be “a few new additions and enhancements, to be announced in the run-up to its release date”, though an exact date was not set.
US-retail giant’s rewards program set to make the leap overseas.
Videogame retailer GameStop will launch its PowerUp rewards card in Europe. The card was introduced nationwide to the US in October and encourages users to “score points” for trade-ins and purchases which can then be redeemed online or in-store.
A charitable drive from the Edge community to get you in the Christmas spirit.
In direct contrast to the concerns raised over the potential dangers of gaming by last night's episode of Panorama, the Edge forum community is pulling together to help charity Child's Play raise money to buy toys and games for children's hospitals.
President of Sony Online Entertainment reveals that the long-delayed MMOG is on track for 2011.
John Smedley, the president of SOE, says The Agency will launch in the second half of next year following a string of delays.
The trade association boss calls for further evidence on gaming addiction but says UKIE shouldn't fund research.
It avoided tabloid reporting, but was undermined by an anxious tone and a superficial attitude to the bigger questions.
UPDATE: The US and Europe websites have now been activated by SNK Playmore, revealing a December 21 launch for the US and December 22 for Europe with titles costing $8.99/€8.99 on PS3 and $6.99/€6.99 on PSP.
SNK Playmore dates and details Japan launch of downloadable emulator.
Japan-based publisher and developer SNK Playmore has announced that Neo Geo Station will go live on December 22 in Japan.
Cloud-based gaming service preparing to take on Netflix with films-on-demand.
US-based gaming service OnLive plans to offer film and TV content next year. In an interview with Reuters, OnLive CEO Steve Perlman says: “Streaming technology is available to anybody. We want to work with the studios. All of these guys want to offer content, we're just here to distribute."
Big user numbers for social game giant’s latest release underline the steady popularity of Facebook games.
US-based social game company Zynga has called CityVille its biggest-ever launch. According to Inside Social Games 290,000 people played the game in its first 24 hours of launch.
SouthPeak will still publish the game in the US and Australia, but will no longer handle UK release.
SouthPeak Games has sold the rights to Two Worlds II back to developer TopWare Interactive, who will now handle the game's UK release - moved to January 2011. TopWare has already released the game in Europe, but SouthPeak will retain publishing duties in the US and Australia. The UK delay is put down to various improvements which are being implemented by TopWare ahead of release.
Square Enix reveals that Crystal Dynamics is working on a prequel which charts Lara Croft's origins.
Publisher Square Enix has revealed a reboot of Tomb Raider, to be developed by Crystal Dynamics. The game delves into the past, charting the first adventure of a younger, inexperienced Lara Croft washed up on an unknown beach after being shipwrecked during a storm.
The second part of our in-depth look at the method behind Blizzard's creative destruction. You can read part one, here.
New report shows gap closing on iOS in the US as Angry Birds heads for $1 million per month ad revenues on the platform.
Market research company comScore’s monthly smartphone report for October shows an increasing subscriber base for the Android platform.
At 8:30pm tonight, the BBC will air a programme of its investigative reporting series Panorama on gaming addiction. The documentary claims to expose the "hidden psychological devices in games that are designed to keep us coming back for more."
Capcom announces new series record set by Freedom 3 in Japan, with almost 1.7 million day-one sales.
Monster Hunter Freedom 3 for PSP has shipped two million units in its first week of release in Japan.
Publisher and developer Capcom also says that since the first title was released in 2004 the series has sold 15 million units. Freedom 3 is a follow-up to Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, which made its debut nearly three years ago.
