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Sony has announced that PSN will be shut down for essential maintenance tonight between 16:00 and midnight. Throughout this time the following services will be unavailable – PC registration, account management and account registration. Those signed in before 16:00 will remain logged in and can continue as normal, though logging …

Microsoft will launch the successor of its Windows PC operating system next year, the company’s chief has revealed. Steve Ballmer said at a press conference in Tokyo that the new operating system would be optimised for tablet devices, PCs and a variety of different form factors”. Elsewhere in his speech, …

Microsoft is reforming its Windows Phone with an imminent release of a new and improved operating system, the company’s CEO has claimed. Steve Ballmer said at a press conference in Tokyo that the Windows Phone OS is now much more global”, and will add over 500 new features”. Microsoft will …

PSN remains online, but it seems that hackers are not letting up on their tirade against PlayStation platform holder Sony. Reuters reports that Sony websites from three different countries have been hacked. In addition, it claims that the personal in formation of 8,500 customers has been stolen from its Sony …

With less than two weeks until this year’s annual E3 kicks off, Microsoft has teased journalists about what to expect from its press conference. As published by Kotaku, the invites that have been posted out contain a number of references, chief amongst them being Halo, Star Wars and GLaDOS. It …

A US analyst has claimed that the commercial success of LA Noire means a possible acquisition of Take-Two is now more likely. LA Noire now joins Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption in the publisher’s stable of super triple-A IP. Its catalogue also includes Bioshock, Mafia, Carnival Funfair, Civilization, …

It’s on. Activision has released the first full-length trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – and you can see it in full below. It features action from a number of combat scenarios including New York, London, Paris and an unconfirmed German city. It includes in-game footage as well …

Steve Ballmer says Windows Phone should have launched a year earlier

Windows 8 will be optimised for 'a variety of different form factors'

Microsoft will announce at E3 that it is to introduce full stereoscopic 3D support on the Xbox 360, Eurogamer claims. Xbox 360 already runs a number of 3D titles such as Black Ops and Crysis 2, but until now they haven’t run on true stereoscopic tech. This new update would …