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Darksiders developer not picked up as publisher assets sold off
Read More »Sony plans to fight PSN hack fine
SCEE has told MCV it "strongly disagrees" with the PSN hack the UK ICO hit it with today and will appeal. This morningthe UK Information Commissioners Office said April 2011’s PSN hack was a breach of the Data Protection Act, and fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, which runs PSN in …
Read More »Crysis 3 multiplayer beta begins 29th January
Crytek has announced that on open multiplayer beta for Crysis 3 will be available across all platforms starting 29th January. The beta will include two of the game’s 12 modes. While Crash Site is a variation of capture and hold, the heavily publicised Hunter mode sees two cloaked players stalk …
Read More »DeNA joins Entertainment Software Association
Mobile platform holder and developer becomes 36th company in trade body
Read More »UK data protection unit fines SCEE £250,000 for 2011’s PSN breach
Sony has been hit with a quarter of a million pounds fine for allowing customer data to be accessed when PSN was hacked. The service outage of April 2011 took down Sony’s games service and store for a month, after US-based hacker George Hotz found a way to exploit a …
Read More »THQ dissolved; studios and IP snapped up by Sega, Koch, Ubisoft, Crytek, Take Two
THQ is officially no more. Company president Jason Rubin and CEO Brian Farrell sent out a joint letter to employees confirming the news and also detailing the fates of several of THQ’s studios and IP. THQ’s studios and game IP went under the hammer a couple of days ago, and …
Read More »Microsoft Surface Windows 8 Pro launches next month
Microsoft has dated its next run at the tablet market. The firm announced its Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet will hit shelves next month, on February 9th. The device will be sold at Best Buy, Staples, and Microsoft Stores in both US and Canada at launch. The Pro model features …
Read More »DmC: Devil May Cry DLC brings back Classic Dante
DmC: Devil May Cry beat back those critical of the reboot’s look by launching earlier this month and turning out to be a game that everyone actually liked. Still, Capcom aims to address one of the major complaints from the masses, having announced new DLC that brings the ‘Classic’ look …
Read More »Minecraft hits 20m sales across all platforms
The seemingly unending sales onslaught of Minecraft has brought the title to another major milestone. The indie sandbox block-builder blockbuster has surpassed 20m units sold across its four available platforms, according to Mojang’s Jens Bergensten via Twitter. The company went on to reveal some key numbers for last year, announcing …
Read More »THQ dissolves as assets get stripped off
Sega, Take-Two, Ubisoft, Crytek and Koch Media purchase studios and IP after bidding war
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