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Valve’s Doug Lombardi has described today’s rumourmongering that the studio is to be bought by Google as "100% rumour". Speaking to Spong, the marketing boss’ description of the story is the first comment made by the studio. Google has described the story as "rumour and speculation", although clearly both have …

Developer shrugs off speculation that it is about to be bought by web giant

Google has refused to rule out the possibility that it is to acquire Half Life developer Valve. When questioned by MCV by the roaring rumour that it is to announce the buyout of the Steam parent company this week at Austin GDC, A Google spokesperson told us: We do not …

Scott Faye, the producer of the soon-to-be-released Hollywood version of Take 2’s slow-mo shooter Max Payne, has revealed that he’s currently working with 3D Realms on a cinema outing for no-nonsense action hero Duke Nukem. Kotaku quotes Faye as stating: I’m working diligently at making a Duke Nukem movie scenario …

With Gears of War 2 looking set to be one of the biggest software releases in the world this Christmas, PC gamers have been dealt a blow with claims that there will be no version of Epic’s sequel for the format. Speaking to IGN, Epic’s Cliff Bleszinski stated: Gears of …

Emergent and Nvidia parter to integrate physics tech in next version

Realtime Worlds opts to use Nvidia's physics technology in upcoming MMO

New tech to offer unparalleled human likeness in real-time

SPECIAL REPORT: Chip giant says relationship with game developers is key as it pushes new processor

Compared to the cut-throat hardware race that defines the PC market, console gaming is a casual hand-in-hand walk in the park – and this has been once again demonstrated today with the unveiling of AMD’s latest power-mad graphics card. The ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2 builds on the existing 4800 …