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UK vets open casual studio

November 8, 2011
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Yippee! Entertainment opens its doors in MediaCityUK’s The Greenhouse for the first time today. The new studio, based in Salford, Greater Macnchester, will focus on casual and social games for console, Smart TV, IPTV, and mobile devices. Yippee! is founded by CEO Mike Delves and commercial director Lorraine Star, both veterans of the UK industry [...]

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Autodesk bringing 3D modeling to the masses

November 4, 2011
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That’s the idea behind 123D Catch and 123D Make, two new free software applications that Autodesk is planning on releasing on Monday. The two programs join the company’s existing iPad app, 123D Sculpt, as part of a family of tools that are intended to give just about anyone the ability not just to make their [...]

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2Fast2Furious: UK Charts

October 17, 2011
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Microsoft’s ‘Gears of War 3’ was knocked off the No1 spot three weeks ago by ‘FIFA 12’, but this week the format holder gets its revenge as their new title ‘Forza Motorsport 4’ pips FIFA 12 by just over 700 sales to take No1. ‘Forza Motorsport 4’ claims the biggest launch week ever for an [...]

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Indievania doesn’t want your dirty, stinkin’ money, but its indie devs might

October 2, 2011
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Indie-game developer Lee Vermeulen began Indievania with a dream, a dog and a 9 percent rate for hosting indie games — now his dream is coming true, the 9 percent rate has transformed to 0 percent and the dog has mutated into a dashing young prince (OK, maybe we lied about the dog). Just as [...]

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