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The Entertainment Software Association served 3.4m takedown notices for copyright infringement in 2012, according to a recently released annual report from the organization. The report states that anti-piracy efforts last year assisted in removing nearly 100k Google links containing infringed game files, adding that the average duration of time it …

He has outlasted almost everyone in the games industry, but HMV is sadly saying goodbye to PR mastermind Gennaro Castaldo. Anyone working across the UK entertainment industries for any amount of time will have encountered Castaldo at some point throughout his 28 years – yes, 28 years – heading up …

The Humble Bundle 8 launched just 12 hours ago and already has its sights on the $1m sales mark. The latest effort for the semi-annual indie game promotion has (at time of writing) sold over 163k units, bringing in $930k thus far. The bundle offers five titles – Dear Esther, …

World of Tanks developer faces counter-suit in copyright row

Microsoft’s unveiling of the Xbox One brought in a massive amount of viewers. The company has announced the stream of the event was watched by 8.45m people on the day of the reveal, with 1.73m tuning in on Spike TV. The former figure triples the firm’s previous record for concurrent …

Interactive Entertainment boss Don Mattrick says 'there's no way' Xbox won't support indies

Winner of 22Cans' crowdfunded title will only reign as god of gods for a short time

But tech experts question validity of claims in face of latency and bandwidth restrictions

It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that the reactions following Microsoft’s 21st May reveal of the Xbox One have been largely negative from both the media and from core gamers. From all that has been revealed so far – and only a part of the story has been told, …

Games for Microsoft’s Xbox One will be region locked, meaning no importing of titles from overseas. Similar to the movie and music industry, games must meet country-specific regulatory guidelines before they are cleared for sale,” a Microsoft rep told Digital Trends. We will continue to work with our partners to …