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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
Read More »THQ to go as Sega, Koch, Crytek, Take-Two and Ubisoft make asset grab
Time is sadly up for THQ today. Reports from the US, and a letter from CEO Brian Farrell and president Jason Rubin sent to all employees, has confirmed Sega, Koch, Crytek, Take-Two and Ubisoft have all stepped in to buy some of the most prized assets of the bankrupt firm. …
Read More »E3 ties with MCV as media partner
A partnership has been signed between this year’s E3 video game trade show and MCV. The agreement is part of E3’s ever-growing reach, with its aim being to attract more accredited retailers and media from outside the US. The show returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center and surrounding sites …
Read More »Retro game catalogue Virtual Console coming to Wii U
Nintendo plans to introduce a massive catalogue of retro game downloads to the Wii U, starting with a special offer on cheap classic titles. The spring software update for the Wii U will add Virtual Console software to Nintendo eShop, with a selection of NES and Super NES games, with …
Read More »30p game offer leads Nintendo’s retro download service campaign
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the NES console, Nintendo will sell a bunch of games for 30p each starting this month. Although the anniversary promo is designed to acknowledge the firm’s 30 years of hardware heritage, the low cost will help attract more to Nintendo’s sometimes nascent download offer. …
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