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A co-founder of Pirate Bay has been indicted after being charged with hacking. Wired reports that 27-year-old Gottfrid Svartholm, who is already serving a one-year jail sentence for his Pirate Bay activity following his arrest in Cambondia in September of last year, is accused of hacking into the systems of …

Develop reports on the translation firms that now have more to do and less time to do it in

On Wednesday, April 24th,sister titlesMobile Entertainmentand Developwill host the inaugural InMobi Developer Party at London’s Grace Bar, where developers will be given the chance to win a Marmalade licence and an iPad Mini*. The strictly developer-only event will see some of the biggest names from across the mobile app developer …

Console continues to be biggest gaming platform despite sluggish growth

System 3 has worked with some of the biggest names and businesses in the UK and global video games industry. As the company celebrates its 30th year in business, we speak to some of those executives, developers and publishers, who share their memories about the company, including big press parties, …

Copenhagen-based microstudio working on new multi-platform project

Sony has finally begun manufacturing PS3 games in India, with the first lot of locally manufactured games set to hit stores by the end of the month. Initially, local manufacturing will be focussed on Sony’s first-party PS3 Essentials range. The first games to arrive in stores will be Killzone 3, …

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From the birth of Activision’s European publishing division to the rise of digital, System 3 has been involved in some of the industry’s biggest developments. With the help of CEO Mark Cale, we take a trip down memory lane and look back at the key events that has defined the …

Fresh evidence has emerged suggesting that Gran Turismo 6 is PS3 bound. IGN spotted a now-removed listing for the game on US electricals retailer Newegg, naming PS3 as the host platform. Gran Turismo 6 was first name-dropped by Polyphony Digital guru Kazunori Yamauchi as long ago as November 2010. The …