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EA’s The Sims Studio is looking to lure traditional gamers to the next installment in the franchise, The Sims 3, with more ‘goal-orientated’ gameplay. Speaking exclusively to MCV, the division’s creative director Rod Humble also revealed that his MMO background would help the franchise move away from its simulation past. …

NCsoft plans to build two new online titles using Epic’s Unreal Engine 3. The two firms have announced a licensing deal for the engine which discloses that NCsoft will gain access to all the latest updates to UE3 which make it "the best possible offering for cross-platform game development for …

After a web-based leak at the weekend appeared to announce the existence of Prey 2, official word has now emerged of the follow-up to 2K Games’ Xbox 360 and PC FPS. The game is being handled by new developer Radar Group, which is being headed up by 3D Realms’ Scott …

An ex-employee of North American games rating body the ESRB has stated that the firm doesn’t actually play the games it rates, Gamepolitics.com reports. Jerry Bonner, who claims to have rated over 700 games in his six months at the company, stated: The ESRB’s current pool of fulltime raters does …

Engine comes under the ownership of chip manufacturer

Though Valve’s Doug Lombardi has previously stated that gamers could definitely expect more Portal action in the future, for the first time a direct sequel to the title has been name-dropped. Speaking in an interview with G4TV, Portal’s lead designer Kimberly Swift stated: ‘I believe Doug Lombardi, who is our …

GDC08: First message from group that boasts support from Epic, Activision and Microsoft touts strong PC games category

Graphics firm's acquisition of physics specialist now a done deal

Lineage and Tabula Rasa were the key drivers in NCsoft’s full-year financials, which saw an overall sales drop of three per cent, but an operating profit, pre-tax profit and net profit of 14 per cent, 24 per cent and 18 per cent respectively. Fourth quarter consolidated net sales stand at …

EA has confirmed the extension of its exclusive licensing agreement with the National Football League and NFL players. The agreement allows the company to develop, publish and distribute American football video games, and provides EA with the rights to NFL teams, stadiums and players until the end of the 2012 …