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XNA authors to receive 70% of revenue. This is fantastic news and will further motivate a massive push onto this development and publishing platform. We will see innovation and diversity […]

Well it is an earthquake of a news story. The whole gaming interweb is on fire over this one and the Sony fanboys are going apoplectic. Yes Final Fantasy XIII […]

  Lots of Xbox rumours around as Microsoft celebrate their Xbox division profitabilty by consolidating their market position. Here are some: “Microsoft seems to be slimming the system down to […]

Beating the online pirates

Anything that can be represented digitally can be transmitted over the web. And if it can be transmitted legally by legitimate owners it can also be transmitted illegally by thieves. […]

Oasis have a new album

Oasis have a new album called “Dig Out Your Soul” on October 6 and they are desperate for some publicity. So they have proclaimed that they are not going to put it […]

New Sony patent reveals details of upcoming handheld touch screen console. Maybe. The inventor is Phil Harrison. But if this is all it takes to file a US patent I […]

Bill Gates retires

At 51 years old he has had enough of running the world’s biggest software company, though he remains as it’s chairman. His Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen left in 2000. Under Bill […]