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GDC '08: Community gaming Gears up Microsoft keynote (GameSpot)

New XNA/Xbox Live program to distribute independent developers' titles unveiled; cross-platform gaming coming to Zune; 1 billion achievements unlocked; Gears of War sequel official.

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Game On! ECD Systems Launches Beta Version of Revolution Games Network for Developers (Centre Daily Times)

ECD Systems(R), the technology innovator for the video game industry, today announced at the Game Developers Conference the beta launch of the Revolution Games Network (www.rgngames.com), a social networking and gaming portal for game developers. Game developers invited to participate in the beta release of Revolution Games Network will now have an online, interactive community through which ...

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GDC Keynote: Microsoft Reveals Community Features, XNA For Zune (Gamasutra)

At its GDC 2008 keynote, Microsoft announced the full range of peer-reviewed community features coming for amateur-made XNA games, a new XNA game player for its media player Zune, and, in a surprise finish, that Gears of War 2 would be coming to the Xbox 360 this November. Former Tiburon founder, EA Canada exec, and finally EA's excutive VP before joining Microsoft as its corporate VP of ...

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Gaming on a Mac: Technically Speaking (TechNewsWorld.com)

It's been nearly three years since Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that Mac computers would sport Intel processors. In that time, however, the number of games ported for Mac computers continues at a relative trickle, with only six to eight top-tier games coming out in a given year.

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Nokia Showcases the Latest in Mobile Gaming at GDC 2008 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Nokia today announced a strong presence at the Game Developers Conference with new N-Gage and SNAP Mobile games, live demos of the recently launched N-Gage First Access program, and a keynote by Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Markets, Nokia.

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