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Peter Lewis, the outgoing chairman of retailer GAME, has insisted that the chain remain competitive and is in a strong position despite falls in both sales and profit in the last financial year. Key for GAME is the fact that it held or increased its market share in all territories …

Retailer GAME has reported profits in line with its January forecast, though it has suffered notable drops in both sales and profits for the year ending January 2011. Turnover fell from 1.772bn to 1.625bn, with overall sales falling 8.3 per cent year-on-year. UK & Ireland sales fell by 12.8 per …

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 …