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The Metropolitan Police has arrested an 18-year-old man believed to be the spokesperson of hacking groups LulzSec and Anonymous. The man – known as ‘Topiary’ – was tracked by the police’s e-crime unit and has been transported from an address in the Shetland Islands to London.He was arrested under section …

The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA) has had a complete website redesign to try and reach a different segment of the games community. The new site has specifically targeted those wishing to know more about health and safety concerns with videogames, as well as information for parents, and iGEA …

EA’s ‘casual’ division EA Play may not, at first glance, be the cutting edge of the company.It looks after family oriented products like The Sims (11-years-old and counting) and Harry Potter (the ninth EA game adaption of that came out last week). But it’s actually at the centre of its …

After a successful first event at AV Con in Adelaide, Triumph Leisure Solutions (TLS) has confirmed dates for the rest of its 2011 Red Carpet Gaming events. The event series includes the PC qualifying events for the World Cyber Games (WCG) for 2011. These qualifiers were previously already run by …

Lobbying for this year’s Games Media Awards in association with Grainger Gameshas now closed, with some 800 nominating their favourite mags, websites and more for one of the sector’s top accolades. Now it’s all in the hands of the judges. As ever, the winners will be voted for by members …

Though such a radical transition is still some way off, the senior VP of worldwide development at Electronic Arts has hinted that the FIFA series will at some stage have to move away from the annual disc release model. I think there are two things at play,” Andrew Wilson told …

MCV is launching a new website dedicated to the Pacific territories in October and it will be supported by a range of editorial email services. To sign up to receive these from day one, just email your name, company, job title, the country in which you’re based and the nature …

This must be regarded as the low point for Nokia as the company deals with plummeting legacy device sales before the new WinPho era begins. Today’s Q2 financial report reveals the depth of the Finnish firm’s current plight. Year on year revenue fell 11 per cent from €1bn to €927m, …

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