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Another publishing superstar has climbed aboard the Steam bandwagon with news that Rockstar is to offer its PC catalogue on Valve’s ever-growing downloads service. Ten games are available to buy online now – GTA, GTA2, GTA3, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Midnight Club II, Max Payne, Max Payne 2, …
Read More »Rumours of Crysis for Xbox 360
After winning over the specialist press with it’s technologically demanding arrival on PC last year, rumours have once again emerged that EA’s hi-tech free-roaming FPS Crysis could be heading to consoles – in this instance specifically Xbox 360. Gaming Today spotted a post on the inCrysis forums that highlights an …
Read More »UK PC CHARTS: The Sims take firm control
It’s phenomenal to think that there are still people out there who are yet to buy The Sims, but the series’ dominance of the ChartTrack Budget PC Top Ten suggests that the franchise is a long way from burning out. EA’s life-management series occupies an astonishing seven of the available …
Read More »ESRB defends US games rating system
The governing body of the US games industry, the ESRB, has struck out at the National Institute on Media and the Family for undermining what it believes is a working, credible video games rating system in North America. Next-Gen reports that the recent release of the NIMF’s annual Video Game …
Read More »NCsoft looks to expand non-games business
Next-Gen reports that leading global MMO firm NCsoft is looking to expand the internet technology side of its business on the back of a recent dip in the firm’s share price. NCsoft owns some of the most popular names in the MMO business, and has backed the recent expansion of …
Read More »NCsoft Europe prepares to double in size by 2009
EVER-EXPANDING MMO publisher NCsoft has revealed that it is giving its European European development capabilities a huge boost – doubling in size in the next 18 months alone. The target was revealed as NCsoft’s chief executive officer Geoff Heath told MCV that its first PS3 project should be hitting retail …
Read More »Nvidia breaks $1 billion revenue barrier
PC Retail reports that Nvidia has posted revenues in excess of $1 billion for a single quarter for its first time ever. The billion per quarter virgins broke through the barrier by a further $12 million. "We are very proud to have achieved our first billion dollar quarter. And, while …
Read More »Valve updates Source SDK
Content creation for Orange Box games now supported
Read More »NCsoft acquires City of Heroes IP
MCV sister site Develop reports that more City of Heroes games are due from NCsoft, but the MMO firm will no longer be just the publisher of the games – it has opened a new development studio in North California to work on the games. The move comes following the …
Read More »Casual gaming worth $2.25 billion
A report by games body the Casual Games Association has stated that the blossoming sector is currently worth $2.25 billion, and that it is growing by 20 per cent year on year, Gamesindustry reports. As previous studies have suggested, women are more active casual games players, accounting for 74 per …
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