Category Archives: Game Industry

First The OpenGL ARB, now the W3C – Microsoft quits World Wide Web Consortium

Posted on March 29, 2003 by Ron

It was brought to our attention that on March 21 Microsoft announced their withdrawal from the World Wide Web Consortium. The W3C examines how to best standardize how the web works, and how best to make sure that Internet contact … Continue reading →

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Game Developer’s Conference Announcements

Posted on March 9, 2003 by Ron

Well, in an about face from previous years, there was lots going on at this year’s GDC. Here are some highlights. NVIDIA Announces new cards – The GeForceFX 5200 and 5600. Both are DirectX 9 cards. The 5200 is expected … Continue reading →

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Richard Huddy interview on DriverHeaven

Posted on February 25, 2003 by Ron

Those you you that have attended a Game Developer Conference, Meltdown, Siggraph, etc. or frequent the directx-dev list have seen Richard Huddy in action. DriverHeaven has posted an interview with Richard in which he talks about his move to ATI, … Continue reading →

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Carmack backs OpenGL in shader wars

Posted on July 1, 2002 by Ron

By Andrew Orlowsk – the Register Game god John Carmack has given OpenGL his blessing in the ever-thickening shader wars. Carmack says that given the 3Dlabs P10 card, he opted to use the OpenGL 2.0 extensions for the shader path, … Continue reading →

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Xbox fathers start game development company

Posted on May 10, 2002 by Ron

By Ben Berkowitz – Reuters Two of the creators of Microsoft’s Xbox have joined a pair of video-game industry veterans to launch a venture with a familiar Hollywood feel: find raw talent, create edgy entertainment, and then sign with a … Continue reading →

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Biting the hand that feeds you… NVIDIA fights Microsoft, sorta

Posted on May 1, 2002 by Ron

San Jose— So where does an 800 pound gorilla sleep? Where ever he wants. Microsoft has told NVIDIA that they deal that they had for pricing chipsets last year isn’t so cool. Microsoft points out that – hey, you must … Continue reading →

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Creators of ‘Final Fantasy’ plan to close high-tech studio

Posted on February 1, 2002 by Ron

By David Briscoe -Associated Press The stars of the digitally animated movie “Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within” are being retired. The Honolulu-based studio that created the groundbreaking – but critically panned – movie announced Wednesday that it planned to close … Continue reading →

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