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Sony’s PlayStation 4 will be available for 300 when it launches in the UK, according to newspaper reports this morning. The Times, as reported by Eurogamer, claims that isn’t a Yen conversion amount, either – that’s an actual local UK adjusted figure. "Industry sources and leaked internal documents suggest that …

Bungie's online shooter won't make release date revealed in Activision court documents

Fiscal year 2012 shows 64% growth for mobile publisher

'Internal sources and leaked documents' show new console is dramatically cheaper than PS3

Acton Smith set on cracking America and the Far East, as he delivers a rallying cry for entrepreneurs

Microcomputer to offered to teachers to combat computing education crisis

Tech outfit puts forward prize as UKIE pledges space for event

Yes, you read the headline correctly – The Pirate Bay has threatened to sue a rival website over an alleged case of copyright infringement. TorrentFreak reports that Finnish anti-piracy group the Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) launched a website designed to mimic TPB’s user interface to build a service …

CCP and Crytek predict monetisation model will be core to the make up of future hardware

The legal tussle between EA and Zynga appears to be over. EA had launched a legal assault on Zynga over casual game TheVille, which it argued borrowed heavily from its own The Sims 3. Zynga, in retaliation, launched its own lawsuit against EA alleging that EA CEO John Riccitiello had …