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Nintendo has confirmed a breach of security on the Japanese version of the Club Nintendo website. Kotaku reports that the platform holder says it noticed a unusually high number of errors were noticed on the site on July 2nd, at which point it launched an investigation. That discovered that 23,000 …

The number of studios working on triple-A games is at its lowest point for over a decade, EA’s chief creative director Richard Hilleman has claimed. What is true today is that there are fewer triple-A games being built than at the same point in the previous generation,” he says in …

Indian PC gamers have taken to Facebook and Twitter to air their discontent at the rising prices of EA’s PC games. Using the #EAPCIndia hashtag, designed to give Indian gamers a single platform to make themselves heard on the issue, gamers continue to share their opinions on the matter. While …

Kickstarter backers continue to mull litigation as broke devs promise fix

We shine a spotlight on the Dead Island publisher

This week’s issue of MCV features a full run-down of the UK games retail landscape, including the names of all the buyers working at the biggest chains. We also speak to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot on Hollywood movies, TV shows and and next generation consoles. There’s a whole lot more, …

Man of the moment Don Mattrick has been described as a division head who lives like a Saudi prince”. A profile of the exec on Fast Company claims that he takes a private jet to work, name-drops celebrity friends and lives in the largest house in British Colombia valued at …

Studios will be closer to consumers and able to make regular updates, says Insomniac head

Michael Pachter has claimed that recently departed Xbox boss Don Mattrick was the No.1 choice for the vacant CEO role at EA. Mattrick’s decision to join Zynga, then, has left EA in what can technically be described as a pickle”. "Now that Mr. Mattrick has taken the job at Zynga, …

Technology firm on board as Award Partner for Technical Innovation accolade