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09/24/2010 EA revving up Unity engine

Megapublisher signs multiyear licensing deal with middleware provider for unified development tools on all major platforms.

With Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 dominating the market, it's not often that another third-party middleware developer makes a headline. However, Unity Technologies has gained a big-time client to elevate its position in the middleware community, announcing this week that it has signed a multiyear licensing deal with Electronic Arts.

As part of the deal, EA will use Unity's development platform with an unspecified number of franchises, spanning multiple genres. Further, the deal allows EA's entire stable of studios to make use of Unity's full suite of tools, as they develop games on platforms that range from the Web browser to "consoles and beyond." According to EA, a primary reason for licensing Unity was its ability to quickly and easily convert content from one platform to another.

While starting a new long-term agreement, unity, and EA is really working since 2008 on the Web browser-based golf simulator Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online. Launched in April 2010, Tiger Woods Online is free to play, microtransaction supported the party in a long golf franchise. Developed by EA Tiburon, online games started with 10 local golf courses, including Pebble Beach Golf Links, TPC Sawgrass, and the Sheshan Golf & CC.

Currently, the Unity platform is able to create content for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Web.

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10/26/2010 'Back to the Future' game debuts in December; PS3, iPad versions in works Telltale Games and Universal have announced Back To The Future: The Game, a series of five interactive adventures that takes place shortly after the events of the third Back to the Future film, will be available in December for the PC and Mac, followed by Apple iPad and PlayStation Network versions soon thereafter.


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10/19/2010 Tablets Posing Threat To Gaming Devices?
The research company predicts that worldwide sales of pills to reach 19.5 million this year.

A study by US-based IT research company Gartner suggests that sales of media tablets – such as Apple's iPad – will reach 19.5 million this year, with North America accounting for 61 per cent of those sales.

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10/15/2010 'Mike Tyson's Punch-Out' reimagined for iPhone Boxing icon Mike Tyson is set to make his return to the video game world with a new title for iPhone and iPad.


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10/08/2010 Japanese Gaming Network Owner Buying Ngmoco for $400 million?
DeNA rumoured to be eyeing the iPhone and iPad games publisher.  

TechCrunch is reporting that mobile portal and e-commerce solutions company DeNA may be considering an acquisition of US-based publisher ngmoco.

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10/06/2010 Kinect will match iPad wow factor - Ubisoft "You've got to have it. It's cool," says North American president.
Ubisoft's North American president, Laurent Detoc, expects Microsoft to see an iPad-like consumer reaction to Kinect when the device launches next month.

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