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Sony opens up on a massive network breach

Security alert as millions of PlayStation Network users are told of â??maliciousâ?? attack

PlayStation platform holder Sony has confirmed many users’ worst fears – the intrusion” that saw PSN taken down last week has resulted in some personal information being compromised and the theft of some data. We have discovered that between April 17th and April 19th 2011 certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity …

Company warns: Sensitive user information may be exposed from 'malicious hack'

Warner Bros Seattle studio boss to head Brighton conference's business track

New outlook for the Force Unleashed company after internal tech work

The biggest night in the UK video games industry calendar took place earlier this month, and you can now relive some of the best bits of the MCV Industry Excellence Awards 2011 in the video at the bottom of this story. Over 600 guests jammed into The Brewery, Chiswell Street …

Portal 2 developer Valve has reportedly suggested that the game would be the developer’s last single-player game. The news comes by way of Valve behind-the-scenes chronicler Geoff Keighley who last week published an Apple iPad application called "The final hours of Portal 2". In the application Keighley said "Portal 2 …

The majority shareholders of social games giant Bigpoint have sold a large portion of their stock in a deal valued at $350 million. The transaction is complex and not all information has been disclosed. In June 2008, General Electric, NBC Universal and private equity firm GMT Communications acquired a 70 …

It was EA that dominated the charts this month with some 12 games in the Top 50. Crysis 2 in third place was the publisher’s biggest seller, but sneaking under the radar to make the Top Five was Fight Night Champion, the game was the second biggest seller on PS3 last …