
2008 proved to be great year for NaturalMotion. Its much-anticipated procedural animation technology euphoria shipped in GTA IV, one of the year's top titles. Still, CEO Torsten Reil is confident 2009 will be even better.
As ever, there's lots going on behind the scenes – all of which will be revealed in due course, he explains. More generally though, he's very enthusiastic about the state of the middleware market, which he predicts will overtake the games tool market in terms of revenue. "There are decades of growth ahead," he says.

FuRuy has opened a Twitter account called “Project Alice” teasing a new game announcement on April 25 at 20:30 JST.

It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.

Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.