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The Sony Entertainment Network has launched in select territories, allowing users to purchase Playstation Network and Sony Online Entertainment content from their web browser. Sony announced that the new branch of PSN’s redesign is available now for users in US, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. The firm did not mention when …

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City will be the latest addition to the PS2 Classics collection, with Rockstar announcing its arrival on the Playstation Network this week. The digital offering will land in North America on January 29th for $9.99, and in Europe the following day on January 30th for 7.99. …

MMO publisher to take on Lineage creator's ArcheAge

Valve has revealed the top ten selling titles for the past week on Steam. While pre-orders for Skyrim’s Dragonborn DLC made a strong charge up the list, it was chart regular Chivalry: Medieval Warfare that grabbed the top spot. The indie medieval affair was boosted by a 50 per cent …

Author of failed games legislation says industry lacks credibility in violence debate

All launch copies of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will ship with a download code for the Cyborg Ninja character skin, Konami has revealed. Players can apply the skin to protagonist Raiden, and side from changing his appearance to resemble Gray Fox from the original Metal Gear Solid game, the skin …

In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, we Dixons hires a new assistant category manager and look at the best job opportunities. DARLINGTON JOINS DIXONS TEAMJoshua Darlington has joined Dixons Retail’s PC gaming peripherals and upgrades team as assistant category manager. He will be working primarily …

Tech giant amasses $13.1 billion in profits during Q1

A hard-to-find version of Namco Bandai RPG Ni No Kuni is currently selling for up to four times more than its RRP on eBay. The publisher announced earlier this week that a computer glitch had led to more orders being accepted for the $99.99 Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the …

Apple is on the ropes as customers flock from iOS to Android, right? Perhaps not. The tech company last night reported record Q1 sales of 47.8m iPhones and 22.9m iPads. That’s up on last year’s sales of 37m and 15.4m respectively. That works out as over 800,000 iOS device sales …