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The PC re-release of Final Fantasy VII was made available for purchase and subsequently pulled this weekend. Early reports suggested it was because of DRM woes, but MCV has been told it had been made live by mistake, hence being pulled. The game ran for $12.70 for a short period …

A leaked image appears to point to a new Prince of Persia game in the works. The screenshot, labled ‘POP_ZERO_2,’ was posted by a user on the Ubisoft forums in response to those questioning the current dormancy of the long-running franchise. Kotaku also points to shots posted on Neogaf back …

XSEED has announced a US release date for Way of the Samurai 4. The title will arrive on Playstation 3 via the Playstation Network for $39.99 on August 21st. Way of the Samurai 4’s western release was originally revealed back in April, it’s been out in Japan since March of …

It appears Crysis 3 won’t be making its way onto Wii U, at least not anytime soon. Just to answer the speculation, we are not currently working on a wiiU version of #Crysis3,” Crytek general manager Nick Button-Brown posted on Twitter. The statement follows word of the CryEngine 3 running …

The Blazblue series has sold 1.7m units worldwide, Aksys has announced. 800k, or just under half, of the copies were sold in the US according to a post on the publisher’s website. Arc System’s 2D fighting franchise debuted on consoles back in 2009 with Blazblue: Calamity Trigger, and the game’s …

Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles for the past week, with ArmA II and its DayZ mod at last relenting in the face of two notable franchises. Bohemia’s 2009 title took a backseat to both pre-orders for Borderlands 2 in the runner-up spot, and Skyrim’s Dawnguard add-on. The DLC …

Crowdfunding campaign gathers momentum for headset and devkit

The Ville has 'unmistakable resemblance' to The Sims Social, claims publishing giant

Zynga has quickly fired back after EA filed legal action against it for copying one of its games. The social games giant says the games publisher’s move is ‘ironic’ and ‘demonstrates a lack of understanding of basic copyright principles’. EA today filed a suit against Zynga saying its new The …

Disputes over game copying in the social space has gone to a new level. EA is suing Zynga. The firm’s Maxis studio has initiated legal proceedings over The Ville, a new Zynga game which it says is an "unmistakable copy" of its successful The Sims Social. The Ville asks players …