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Publisher says a message blaming Sony for issues with games was posted in error

One million owners of new console result in outages on Sony's network

Sony claims record sales for next generation console launch

The NPD Group’s monthly US retail report has been released, showing overall growth for a third consecutive month thanks to the performances of the latest Grand Theft Auto and Pokemon titles. Total spend for October hit $791.1m, an increase of 5 per cent year-on year. The positive results is largely …

PlayStation 4 has exceeded the million units sold milestone in its first 24 hours at retail, Sony has announced. The figure only accounts for US and Canada purchases, as North America is the only territory the console has currently launched in. For comparison’s sake, the PS3 wasn’t able to move …

Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles from the past week, with Egosoft’s X Rebirth launching its way to the top spot. The space sim beat out XCOM: Enemy Within (second) and last week’s winner Call of Duty: Ghosts (third) to grab the best seat at the table. Assassin’s Creed …

Asda is selling more day one stock of PS4 and Xbox One. And the supermarket giant says since the products went up yesterday, they’ve been inundated with orders. It’s the fastest selling products on the site in its history. Both consoles are guaranteed for delivery on launch day (November 22nd …

The launch of PlayStation 4 marks a punctuation point: from today, video games development changes again

Time and tickets running out if you want to attend next week's indie conference

PlayStation celebrates success of new developer event, plans to visit studios around the UK