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EA and Industry Consolidation
BBC News Online have taken a look at the effect on the games industry of the arrival of next-generation consoles like the XBox 2 and Playstation 3. Jeff Brown -... (more)
Timeline of Duke Nukem Forever
A poster on the 3D Realms forums has gone to the trouble of compiling a timeline of the development cycle of Duke Nukem Forever - the ultimate gaming vaporware. It’s... (more)
Half Life 2 Approaches
On Friday Valve Software begun the process of releasing Half Life 2 via their Steam software delivery system. Basically, if you install and register an account using the Steam client... (more)
Artists Wanted at Ratbag
Adelaide based developer Ratbag have two artist positions available… Ratbag is one of Australia’s leading game developers, having established a reputation for creative innovation and quality in the rapidly growing interactive... (more)
Rome: Total War Demo
Activision has released a playable demo [alternative Ausgamers link, local torrent] of highly anticipated historic RTS Rome: Total War, being developed by the Oz branch of Creative Assembly. The inside... (more)
Don’t Copy That Floppy
Did I hear you right? Did I hear you sayin’You were gonna make a copyOf a game without payin’?Come on guys…I thought you knew better!Don’t Copy That Floppy! So raps MC... (more)
EA Release Dates
The high season for buying games is upon us again and EA have just sent along a new schedule of their upcoming releases. Some highlights for me include Burnout 3... (more)
Ideas Man
Crunch time is gradually losing its crunch and Krome Studio employees are starting to re-start long forgotten aspects of their lives - like two day weekends and shamefully neglected web... (more)
Vanguard Screens
There are new screenshots from recent builds of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes up on the official site.
LucasArts Layoffs
Industry sources are reporting that LucasArts have cancelled all internal projects but one, and layed off up to 50 staff. Apparently LucasArts have declined to comment.
Fabled EQ2
Gamespy have a hands on preview of the latest build of Peter Molyneux’s folly, Fable, as well as a new look at Everquest 2 with lots of juicy gameplay videos... (more)
The Cry of the Biter Bit
An enterprising World of Warcraft Beta player has started a site posting screenshot evidence of players who do the wrong thing ingame, creating a growing online controversy. The interesting (and... (more)