Realtime Worlds Picks Nvidia's PhysX For APB
(via Gamasutra) - Nvidia says that Realtime Worlds will use its PhysX technology on its upcoming Unreal Engine 3 multiplayer title, APB (All Points Bulletin), which will use its physics effects for explosions, car accidents and character reactions when hit. PhysX consists of a middleware engine, API and middleware platform compatible with Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, and Nvidia says the tech can run on either the CPU or any CUDA general-purpose parallel processor, including its .

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Release This: Too Human, Sims 2: Apartment Life Head U.S. Lineup
(via Gamasutra) - Gamasutra's regular round-up of worldwide video game releases, "Release This!", takes a look at every game title we know to be shipping to stores this week, in an exclusively compiled list. This week's worldwide release lineup features the North American debut of Too Human on the Xbox 360, while PC owners receive The Sims 2 expansion pack Apartment Life.

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Atari Announces Heroes Over Europe
(via Gamasutra) - Atari has announced a sequel to combat flight simulator Heroes of the Pacific -- the new title, called Heroes over Europe, is due out next year on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The game will be developed by California-based Red Mile Entertainment, who worked on the console versions of the original (Australian company Transmission Games, formerly IR Gurus, produced the PC version).

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Capcom To Publish Grand Theft Auto IV In Japan
(via Gamasutra) - Capcom says it will publish Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto IV in Japan and has set a release date of October 30th, 2008 for localized versions to be released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. As in the rest of the world, previous games in the series have courted considerable controversy in Japan, with two of the country's 47 prefectures banning Grand Theft Auto III on PlayStation 2 from sale.

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The Divnich Tapes: Xbox 360's July Disappoinment
(via Gamasutra) - [Following last week's release of NPD's July North American sales figures, EEDAR's director of analytical services Jesse Divnich presents his exclusive Gamasutra study of June's hardware and software trends. In this analysis, Divnich comments on how Xbox 360 hardware performed below expectations with some of "the most disappointing results of the year", despite its discounted Pro model.

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Q& A: Goichi Suda & Shinji Mikami On Partnering With EA
(via Gamasutra) - When Electronic Arts announced two new developers signing to the EA Partners program for independent studios, the more surprising one by far was Grasshopper Manufacture, the Japanese team behind Killer7 and No More Heroes. Details about the upcoming game -- in development for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and Wii -- were sparse.

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