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Nintendo will support next week’s Wii price drop with the biggest marketing campaign it has ever run for the format outside the Christmas period. The firm announced last week that it is cutting the trade price of the current Wii Sports Resort pack and introducing a low cost Mario Kart …

It’s the nightmare it must have been dreading. Evidence is mounting that one of Sony’s fresh PSN security measures has already been circumvented. The exploit allows people to change users’ password via the PSN password reset page using only a PSN account email and date of birth – both of …

Sony awaits inquest following fresh PR disaster

Affected users will also be given an Xbox Live Gold subscription

The release of LA Noire in the North American market yesterday has lead to a huge surge in Take-Two’s share price. The company’s shares closed at $17.10 at the end of trading yesterday, a daily jump of nearly 18 per cent. It’s the highest valuation of Take-Two since the EA …

E3 is approaching fast, but can the biggest games show on earth cover the emerging game markets?

Members of the games industry have been given the chance to play at Swindon Town FC. GamesAid, EA and The Games Tribe are holding a football match at the League One ground next week (Friday, May 20th) to raise money for children’s charities. It costs 25 to book a place …

George Osborne describes Sony network breach as 'high profile example of net dangers'

Phil Harrison has joined the advisory board of cloud-based game streaming service Gaikai. According to the company, his involvement in Gaikai’s operation will help ‘disrupt the way games are discovered and enjoyed’ by consumers. Harrison, general partner at London Venture Partners and former president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios …

PlayStation Store to open floodgates following jammed release schedule