Lucas Arts announces new shooter
LucasArts has unveiled Fracture, a new third-person shooter for PS3 and Xbox 360 due out next year.
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Samorost 2: Best Webby Online Game of the Year
It's official - 2007's Best Webby Online Game of the Year is Samorost 2. Check it out yourself... it's free!
Pandora trims back service
Licensing issues have forced music streaming service Pandora to shut down its service to users from outside the US, UK and Canada.
Phone manufacturers warming to GPS
After hitting alarm clock makers and camera manufacturers, the mobile phone industry has a new target - personal navigation device makers.
Apple working towards a greener future
Apple CEO Steve Jobs has fired back at environmentalists, saying his company is an industry leader in removing toxic chemicals from its products and promoting…
GTA IV development- tricky for Xbox 360
Rockstar creative vice president Dan Houser has admitted that bringing GTA IV to the Xbox 360 is more challenging because there's no guarantee of a…
Wikia creating the open-source search engine
The Wikia project aims to develop a search engine, crawlers and other indexing tools through a collaborative, open-source process.
New MMO studio created by industry veterans
A new development studio which will specialise in producing MMO games has been set up by a team of 10 designers with extensive experience of…
Kutaragi planning for the future
Ken Kutaragi or AKA 'PlayStation father' has plans for his next three children, despite his impending retirement.
Shack News Highlights – 01 May 2007
Shack news highlights for this week include a NZ speeding ticket for sale, hacking being invited for e-voting, the need for a chat buddy, top…
Cyber Shack TV – Behind the scenes…
For a full breakdown of last week's show, check out the Latest Shows section. Plus, don't forget to check out Erin's blog and see what…
Game devs supected of stealing code
Police are investigating a suspected theft of software code for online game "Lineage III" which is being developed by Korea's largest game maker NCsoft.
Motion sensitive laptops under development
A motion-sensitive laptop which can be controlled much like a Nintendo Wii remote is under development.
Gaming on the mind
NeuroSky Inc. aims to add more realistic elements to video games by using brain wave-reading technology to help game developers make gaming more realistic.
EP 379 Quick grabs
Shack news highlights for this week include a NZ speeding ticket for sale, hacking being invited for e-voting, the need for a chat buddy, top…
Interview – The making of the film 300
We speak to Grant Freckelton, Visual Effects Art Director at Animal Logic, about the heavily stylised film 300. Acclaimed as a technical masterpiece, the Australian…
Interview with Mike Shiver Metimbers (Scam-baiting)
Scam-baiting has become a unique modern-day past-time, whereby players reply to scam emails and then proceed to waste a scammer's time and money through deception.…
e-Coupled Technology
We speak to David Hazlett, Director of Business Development, Fulton Innovations, about e-Coupled technology. e-Coupling provides wireless recharging of gadgets like mobile phones and laptops.
Interview with Jonathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel – pro-gamer
We speak to Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel who is the superstar of electronic sports (a.k.a cyber athletics, E-Sports), winning dozens of international game tournaments and over…
Interview with Victor Zykov (Self-Reproducing Robots)
We chat with Professor Victor Zykov, team leader for the development of self-replicating robotics. Conceptually, the technology could lead to a wide-range of useful and…
EP 378 Quick grabs
Michigan's announcement of one iPod to every child, suing Yahoo for causing a man to go to jail, legally downloading movies online, tech heads new…
PS3 ‘EyeToy’ to be released this year
Sony has revealed the PlayStation Eye peripheral is due for release in Australia this winter.
OLPC raises in price
Even though the price of the OLPC has risen to $175, it is still cheaper than alternative projects.
