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Having caused further havoc with EVE Online players overnight, LulzSec has stepped up its anarchic digital crusade by publishing the email and password details of 62,000 internet users. The kicker this time is that the group has not revealed the source of the information. Instead, users are left worrying whether …
Read More »‘Giant enemy crab’ finally defeated?
Game Republic, the Japanese studio responsible for a string of PlayStation-exclusive games, is believed to have closed down after eight years in business. The studio, founded by Japanese industry luminary Yoshiki Okamoto, is thought to have vacated its Tokyo offices. Its website servers are no longer online. Okamoto’s group built …
Read More »COD Annihilation DLC due this month
Activision has announced that the next Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC will go live on June 28th. Entitled Annihilation, the map pack contains four new multiplayer arenas and a new scenario for the popular Zombies mode. As with the previous two DLC packs, First Strike and Escalation, this will …
Read More »INDIE FOCUS: ShopTo
ShopTo isn’t your traditional online video games retailer. Apart from picking and packing certain games in less than five minutes and sending them out on the same day, the website also has its own iPhone app and text message service, where customers can check stock and prices on the move. …
Read More »Anonymous stops Sony attacks
An unsurprisingly anonymous member of hacker community Anonymous has stated that the collective has stopped its attack on Sony. Amazingly, the reason for the decision was what is described as the "selfish" reaction to the attacks on PSN. "We are no longer attacking Sony, there is nothing more to gained …
Read More »Guild Wars 2 post-launch plans not final
NCsoft and ArenaNet have clarified plans for Guild Wars 2 expansions. Earlier today, news emerged that the developer was not planning to release any follow-ups to the upcoming MMO through retail. However, any plans for post-launch content are "still to be confirmed", as ArenaNet is concentrating on completing the launch …
Read More »GAME shares hit 8 year low
Having effectively issued a profit warning yesterday morning, shares in Europe’s largest video games retailer GAME have dropped to their lowest point in over eight years. At the end of trading yesterday the chain’s shares closed at 38.25p. Its current market cap stands at 131.64m. You have to go all …
Read More »Take-Two shares fall
Shares in publisher Take-Two have fallen by four per cent meaning that since mid May the company has lost over 15 per cent of its overall value. Market Watch says that despite nearing 1m unit sales in the US alone, recent Rockstar release LA Noire has failed to meet sales …
Read More »Now BioWare server is hacked
Developer BioWare has confirmed hackers may have obtained the personal details of 18,000 users on Wednesday. Hackers gained illegal access to an old BioWare community server associated with the forums of RPG Neverwinter Nights. They may have taken user account names, passwords, email addresses and birth dates. BioWare said credit …
Read More »‘Giant enemy crab’ studio rumoured to have closed
The Genji developer, famous for its E3 gaffe, may have built its last game
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