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Sony’s latest PlayStation hardware has now landed in North America. PlayStation TV offers access to a decent number of Vita, PSP and PS Minis titles, as well as game streaming from the PS4. However, Joystiq reports that a last minute software update to the device has broken compatibility with a …

Publisher Bandai Namco has expanded into Malaysia, opening a new office in Kuala Lumpur. Bandai Namco Malaysia is to be headed up be Nicolas Ng, who will be reporting to the firm’s Singapore office GM of sales and marketingRainel Tan. "Malaysia has always been one of our key markets within …

Amazon co-developing Fire exclusives with veteran studios

Former pizza delivery driver Thomas Finch crowdfunding Ethereal to help finish development and make something 'my dad would be proud of'

Tropes vs Women creator Anita Sarkeesian has been subject to another death threat, causing her to cancel a planned public speaking event. Standard Examiner reports that she was due to talk at the Utah State University’s Center for Women and Gender later today until the organisers received an email threatening …

UK firm could win trip to Richard Branson's Centre for Entrepreneurship in South Africa

It seems that World of Warcraft is regaining some of its previously lost users ahead of its next big expansion. Blizzard announced during its latest earnings calls that its MMO had seen subscriptions jump by over 600,000 ahead of the release of World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor on November …

Former developer relations exec now working with indies at Microsoft

Android community prepares for UK event later this month

First-person medieval combat title Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is coming to last-gen consoles. Originally released on PC two years ago, Torn Banner Studios’ game will make its transition to PS3 and Xbox 360 on October 29th. The game saw up to 36 players battle it out online with swords, bows and …