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An American company called Med Express is suing one of its customers after she left it negative feedback on eBay. Ars Technica reports that shopper Amy Nicholls paid the Ohio firm $175 for a microscope light and was annoyed when she was charged an additional $1.44 in postage over the …

Sony will release its boxed version of award-winning PSN title Journey in the UK and Europe before the year is out. Journey: Collector’s Edition features the highly acclaimed download game, along with PSN titles Flower and flOw, which were also developed by Thatgamecompany. It will also feature a 30-minute making …

Mike Thompson to create storylines and narrative for studio's upcoming titles

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, …