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Sony could be planning on bringing PC compatibility to its PlayStation Move motion controllers, if reports are to be believed. Kotaku reports that SCEA’s senior development support engineer John McCutchan will take to the stage at GDC later this month to unveil the ‘Move Server’. The description of his session …

LucasArts has delayed the release of LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, according to GamersHell. The game had originally been scheduled for release on February 18th, but will now hit UK shelves on March 25th. No reason has been given for the delay, though Eurogamer speculates that it could …

Rumours are circulating that still mysterious console title I Am Alive has been relegated from a full retail console release and is now a digital-only product. The report stems from Czech site GameZin, which claims that a lack of confidence in the product has lead to a release only on …

EDUCATION WEEK: Livingstone-Hope review recommends computer science be brought into the national curriculum

A new study from Canalys claims that in the final quarter of 2010 Google mobile OS Android overtook Nokia’s Symbian platform to become the best selling smartphone OS in the world. Shipment of Android-based devices hit 33.3m worldwide in the period. By comparison, Symbian device sales hit 31m. Apple iOS …

If December’s much-publicised gutting of the PlayStation 3’s security systems is proof of anything, it’s this: Where software is concerned, there is no such thing as an unpickable lock, and piracy-prevention strategies that amount solely to locking the door are doomed to failure. Until a few, short weeks ago, the …

Mobile app and games portal to get debut release in Japan

Nintendo is preparing its biggest hardware launch of all time with its new 3DS. The platform holder revealed the price, release date and games of its upcoming handheld at a press conference in Amsterdam last week. The 3D device will hit shelves on Friday, March 25th – two days earlier …

Sony has revealed a new bundle for the March release of Move-specific platform titles PlayStation Move Heroes. Called the PlayStation Move Heroes Bundle, the $99.99 SKU will include a copy of the game, one Move motion controller and a PlayStation Eye camera. The bundle will be exclusive to Toys R …

Sony has confirmed that the NGP will definitely be backwardly compatible with games for the original PSP – as long as they have received a digital release. Andriasang reports that the compatibility will be powered by software emulation and not by any dedicated on-board circuitry. However, as was seen with …