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Fruit Ninja outfit takes Developer of the Year award as top Australian studio

Platform holder Sony has apologised and released a guide to help PlayStation Vita owners fix an early system freeze problem. A number of buyers have reported bugs since the handheld went on sale in Japan this weekend, such as unresponsive touchscreens and system lockups, reports Engadget. Several have uploaded videos …

PlayStation’s new portable console has been out in Japan for a few days now, and the first numbers are in. Famitsu (citing Enterbrain) says 321,407 Vita machines were sold in its first two days on sale. It’s a decent figure, higher than what the original PSP managed. But it is …

'Our employees have a real love and pride for the company'

The Quebec Court of Appeal has overturned a Ubisoft injunction against THQ which sought to block the latter from soliciting staff from the French publisher. Ubisoft was granted the injunction in March this year thatprohibited THQ from approaching staff at Ubisoft, as employees at the publisher had a ‘non compete …

Channel 4 has appointed former Realtime Worlds studio manager Colin Macdonald as its first ever games commissioning editor. He will work on commissioning games related to the station’s TV shows as well as projects that have potential to cross over to the small screen. Macdonaldwill also act as Channel 4’s …

Angry Birds studio wants to be 'as big as Disney'

Biggest public offering from US internet company since Google in 2004

Zynga will later today finally go public, and is will end the day valued at around $9bn. That will make it more valuable than gaming heavyweight EA, which predates the firm by 25 years. When the US stock exchange opens later today Zynga will open at $10 a share, valuing …