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Sony has been hit with a quarter of a million pounds fine for allowing customer data to be accessed when PSN was hacked. The service outage of April 2011 took down Sony’s games service and store for a month, after US-based hacker George Hotz found a way to exploit a …

THQ is officially no more. Company president Jason Rubin and CEO Brian Farrell sent out a joint letter to employees confirming the news and also detailing the fates of several of THQ’s studios and IP. THQ’s studios and game IP went under the hammer a couple of days ago, and …

Microsoft has dated its next run at the tablet market. The firm announced its Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet will hit shelves next month, on February 9th. The device will be sold at Best Buy, Staples, and Microsoft Stores in both US and Canada at launch. The Pro model features …

DmC: Devil May Cry beat back those critical of the reboot’s look by launching earlier this month and turning out to be a game that everyone actually liked. Still, Capcom aims to address one of the major complaints from the masses, having announced new DLC that brings the ‘Classic’ look …

The seemingly unending sales onslaught of Minecraft has brought the title to another major milestone. The indie sandbox block-builder blockbuster has surpassed 20m units sold across its four available platforms, according to Mojang’s Jens Bergensten via Twitter. The company went on to reveal some key numbers for last year, announcing …

Sega, Take-Two, Ubisoft, Crytek and Koch Media purchase studios and IP after bidding war

Time is sadly up for THQ today. Reports from the US, and a letter from CEO Brian Farrell and president Jason Rubin sent to all employees, has confirmed Sega, Koch, Crytek, Take-Two and Ubisoft have all stepped in to buy some of the most prized assets of the bankrupt firm. …

Rovio discusses why it used the game engine to develop its new IP

A partnership has been signed between this year’s E3 video game trade show and MCV. The agreement is part of E3’s ever-growing reach, with its aim being to attract more accredited retailers and media from outside the US. The show returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center and surrounding sites …

Nintendo plans to introduce a massive catalogue of retro game downloads to the Wii U, starting with a special offer on cheap classic titles. The spring software update for the Wii U will add Virtual Console software to Nintendo eShop, with a selection of NES and Super NES games, with …