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The most contentious element of the Digital Economy Act has at last been outlined by Ofcom. The three strikes” policy is designed to afford content holders with a means to disconnect pirates from the internet. These companies will be allowed to send infringement reports to ISPs who will then in …

No titles based around the series currently in development, says SCEE producer

The first DLC for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is now available to download from Xbox Live. Called Dawnguard, the content focuses on the return of a vampire Lord called Harkon and the formation of a vampire hunting team that intends to take him down. New skills and abilities are …

EA Sports today announced that the latest in its football franchise – FIFA 13, will hit stores on 28th September. The game will be available on Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Vita, Wii, PS2, iOS and Android platforms. In the UK, EA is offering the FIFA Ultimate Edition on all preorders …

The next big challenge for Kinect developers is natural speech, says Rare engineer David Quinn. Quinn has been working on Kinect "almost since the beginning," and since that time has been instrumental in the Kinect Sports titles. "We pushed speech pretty hard in Sports 2," he toldGamasutra. "There was speech …

'We will return to profitability by the end of the fiscal year', says Iwata

EA has revealed what it is describing as its most extensive global pre-order incentive in the history of the FIFA franchise”. The company has announced that the FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition will be available for just one day – September 28th, the day that FIFA 13 will be released in …

The actress who portrayed Kate Middleton in straight-to-TV movie William & Kate has been unveiled as the new voice and performance actress” of Square Enix’s reinvented Lara Croft. Camilla Luddington will star in the publisher’s upcoming Tomb Raider, which will be released on March 5th 2013. This has been one …

Sequel becomes third fasting selling game ever on the Nintendo DS

Two men accused of launching DDOS attacks on a number of corporate entities have pleased guilty at a British court. 19-year-old Ryan Cleary and 18-year-old Jake Davis admitted to being members of hacking group Lulzsec and, amongst other deeds, taking down Sony’s website. Cleary was first arrested last year but …