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Gazillion’s free-to-play Marvel MMO has racked up 1.5m registered users since its launch on June 4th. We are honoured by this incredible one and a half million registered user milestone and thank everyone who has played Marvel Heroes,” Gazillion CEO said David Brevik said. As the Marvel Heroes community continues …

Another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game has been announced by partners Activision and Nickelodeon. Called simply Teenage Mutant Ninja Turltes, the title is due for a boxed release on Xbox 360, Wii and 3DS on October 25th in Europe. It features four-player drop-in local co-op (on the console versions). "We’re …

Apple’s developer centre is currently offline and a message warns visitors that an attempt was made to access secure personal information of registered developers. A Turkish security researcher now claims that he was responsible for the violation, which he claims has exposed flaws in Apple’s system. Last Thursday [July 18th], …

The reaction to the Xbox One reveal and its original digital-led vision proves how little consumers understand about what they’re entitled to when buying download games, says a leading expert. Microsoft’s forthcoming console was met by gamer backlash over plans to licence digital titles to users, meaning that they would …

TJ Fixman moving to screenwriting, but says he will not 'abandon' games

A damaging new report claims that the UK games industry employs just over 5,000 people – but it is massively inaccurate, MCV research has concluded. The new Skillset creative sector census was published earlier this month and it says that the number of games business employees in Britain is down …

Tech giant is now rebuilding its systems, while a Turkish researcher claims responsibility

A number of online retailers have signed a letter addressed to chancellor George Osborne calling for an end to the argument for an online sales tax. Online retailers have hit out against calls from some physical stores for a new online tax to level the playing field. The letter was …

Developers and publishers welcomed to better understand using games for social change

Amazon is using the prospect of a free copy of Grand Theft Auto V to market a new trade-in offer online. The site is until Friday July 26th offering increased trade-in prices on a number of titles meaning that gamers could in theory grab a free copy of Rockstar’s release …