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The hacker who arguably set the ball rolling on events that eventually lead up to the collapse of PSN last week has denied involvement in the breach – but has also taken the time to attack his former legal opponents. "And, as a onetime victim of identity theft, I feel …
Read More »Microsoft: Phishing not due to Xbox Live problems
Company to crack down on Modern Warfare 2 scam
Read More »Polish trading site UK bound
Yet another online games trading portal is to attempt an assault on the UK market. Gametrade24.co.uk comes from the creators of Polish swapping site Gametrade.pl. That site enjoys around 60k registered users and gets 200k unique hits a month and 10m page views. In total the service has swapped over …
Read More »Catherine cover toned down for US
Publisher Atlus has confirmed that it is to produce two versions of both the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions of obscure sexy puzzle title Catherine. Siliconera reports that one will carry the original Japanese cover art, complete with provocative undies (on PS3) and partially exposed rear (on Xbox 360). The …
Read More »Apple denies location tracking claims
After several days of silence on the iPhone location tracking situation, Apple released a statement saying the iPhone was not logging location and that users were ‘confused’. Apple claims the iPhone is not logging the location of the user, claiming that it was instead maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots …
Read More »Sony sued by PSN user
Litigation floodgates breached as US man starts legal action over PSN hacking
Read More »FEAR 3 pushed back to June
Upcoming shooter FEAR 3 will now hit UK shelves next month after being pushed back by publisher Warner Interactive. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC game was previously scheduled to arrive on Friday, May 27th. It will instead be released on Friday, June 24th. Originally the shooter was due late …
Read More »Sony dates speculative PSN return
PlayStation platform holder Sony has confirmed that it hopes to have some PSN services back online by May 3rd. If true, that would mean that the console network will have endured a two week down period. "Our employees have been working day and night to restore operations as quickly as …
Read More »Zynga UK is born
Social games giant Zynga has made its first acquisition of a UK development outfit. Wonderland Software, creator of iPhone title GodFinger, is to be renamed Zynga Mobile UK. Wonderland Software staff will now be working for Zynga, while the studio’s former CEO – Matthew Wiggins – takes the role of …
Read More »Nintendo’s ready for a fresh start…
This is huge news: 80m unit sales after 2006’s watershed moment for this generation, Nintendo’s already working on the next. Without PS4 or Xbox 720 anywhere in sight. Until E3, the most interesting speculation will be on what untapped area of the market the firm is going for this time. …
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