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iShoot: written in six weeks. Mostly while holding a baby... You've probably heard all about iShoot. Written by a programmer at Sun Microsystems in his spare time, this Worms-style artillery shooter blasted to the top of the App Store charts earlier this year and stayed there for weeks earning its creator enough money to pack in his day job and become a professional developer. You may also have seen the news this week about nine-year-old programming prodigy Lim Ding Wen who has developed his own simple painting app for the iPhone. Doodle Kids is doing reasonable business, attracting 4,000 downloads in less than a fortnight and gaining its author international news coverage. There's no question about it, iPhone has become the people's platform. While the PC maintains a healthy indie development scene, Apple's handset, with its low barriers to entry and seamless consumer purchasing system, is the real rags-to-riches machine. In practically

Every aspect of  Unreal Engine 3  has been designed with ease of content creation and programming in mind, with the goal of putting as much power as possible in the hands of artists and designers to develop assets in a visual environment with minimal programmer assistance, as well as giving programmers a highly modular, scalable and extensible framework for building, testing, and shipping games in a wide range of genres. Unreal Engine 3 is integrated with numerous leading middleware technologies through Epic Games’ Integrated Partners Program. Continual optimizations are made to the Unreal Engine’s highly mature tool pipeline, massive world support and multi-processor performance. Unreal Engine 3’s advanced toolset is designed specifically to accelerate developers’ productivity for ultra-complex, next-generation content. Download Unreal Engine 3 2011 Features Trailer Check out all Unreal Development Kit downloads Check out all Unreal Engine 3 download

CryEngine 3 trailer shows stunning future CrySt! CryEngine 3 looks great When it comes to spectacular visuals in gaming, Creytek is a firm fan-favourite and a new trailer for the CryEngine 3 has left TechRadar agog. The original CryEngine was the basis of first person shooter Far Cry, moving from a tech demo to a best-selling game. Crytek announced the third incarnation of the CryEngine at the GDC back in March, and it is expected that Crysis 2 will be a game to take advantage. "Having seen the new CryEngine in action, all I can say is 'wow'; it truly is a thing of beauty," said PC Zone editor Ali Wood. "Crysis firmly and confidently set the standard on PC and its testament to CryTek's vision that the latest groundbreaking development tools are set to raise the bar yet again. Whether you're going to be developing using the CryEngine or reaping the fruits as a gamer, there's