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The UK media has gone big on Sony’s PSN admission this morning, creating a nightmare morning for the platform holder. National paper Metro has lead with the story on its front page this morning (pictured) with the headline ‘Panic Stations’. The story is currently lead on The Telegraph’s website, while …

With the catastrophic security failure that has blighted PSN all over the national press this morning, Sony has attempted to address the main criticism currently being thrown its way – why did it wait six days to inform customers? "There’s a difference in timing between when we identified there was …

New outlook for the Force Unleashed company after internal tech work

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 …

Chief operating officer resigns on eve of companyâ??s quarterly financial report

Mobile games network OpenFeint has been acquired for $104 million by Japanese games firm Gree. Both firms have claimed that the OpenFeint brand, and its CEO, will remain intact following the buyout. Its new owner, Gree, provides a similar service and said both forces will build a global ecosystem of …

Six days on and we’re still none the wiser as to the nature of the "external intrusion" that has lead to the collapse of PSN – and customers are starting to get worried. At the first the concern was one of inconvenience. Easter is a busy weekend for many gamers …

Sony has revealed its first two tablet devices which will launch this autumn. The pair – codenamed the S1 and S2 – will run Google’s Android 3.0 Honeycomb software, which is powering an increasing number of tablets this year. The S1 will have a 9.4-inch touchscreen, while the S2 will …

Crytek takes on Unity and Epic Games with new SDK policy; No costs for non-commercial use

New system set for 2012 launch; Public unveiling to be made at Los Angeles event in June