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Want to know what’s hot in gaming right now? Surviving, that’s what. Whether you’re talking about existing hit Minecraft, emerging underground mod title DayZ or the upcoming zombie-survive-a-thon The War Z, plonking gamers in the middle of nowhere and telling them to deal with it is very much ‘the thing’. …

Xbox Live has been down most of this morning. And gamers are not at all happy. It doesn’t help, of course, that today’s the day that the second piece of DLC for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, called Hearthfire, is out now. But despite no sign of a reprieve Microsoft tells …

Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride and others lead third-party charge

Gameloft has tied up with DisneyUTV for distribution of its line-up of mobile titles via cell phone operators in India. In addition, DisneyUTV will also make Gameloft titles available through UTV Indiagames’ destination sites. This is one of the most strategic alliances we have made, especially in light of some …

Continuing our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, Aardvark Swift’s managing director Ian Goodall explains why the rise of social media will not kill off recruitment agencies. Social Media… Internal Recruiters: Is this the end of the road for Recruitment Agencies? We’re in a recession; companies are under …

AntiSec, one of the many internet hacking communities, has claimed that it has obtained the UDIDs and user details of 12m Apple users. UDID stands for ‘unique device identifier’ and is a 40-character code often used for app tracking and authentication purposes. DailyTech reports that the group obtained an FBI-owned …

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The boss of global games retailer GameStop doesn’t believe that both the Xbox 720 and PS4 will launch in 2013. "The Wii U, we expect it at holiday," CEO Paul Raines told Polygon. "This week, I’m getting a lot of rumours that are very interesting about 2013. We have not …

There are some who are of the opinion that Sony’s biggest mistake was not having a Dragon Quest, Final Fantasy or Monster Hunter game ready for Vita’s Japanese launch. And that’s not a mistake that Nintendo intends to make. Andriasang reports that Square Enix will take to the Tokyo Game …

'Too big, too slow' to spot the opportunities, says MMO maker