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BT has finally caved to legal pressure and blocked access to The Pirate Bay for its UK customers. It was the last ISP to cooperate with the High Court’s demand to revoke access tot eh portal, with others such as TalkTalk, Virgin, O2 and Sky having already implemented bans. However, …

Mumbai-based distributor Origin Games has tied up with 505 Games to distribute its games in India, with a strong focus on the publisher’s Kinect offerings. Origin will release games from the Zumba Fitness publisher starting July, however, only the console versions will be released in India. PC gamers are out …

BT joins O2, TalkTalk and Virgin in blocking direct access to the site

The CEO of developer Starbreeze has admitted that recent FPS release Syndicate was a lost battle from the get-go”. The game, published by EA, was released earlier this year and was based on the 1993 IP that enjoyed huge success on PC, Amiga and various consoles. However, the game faced …

Social network Facebook has scrapped its virtual currency Facebook Credits. The system was introduced in early 2011 as a universal currency designed to work across all of the apps and games that feature on the ever-diversifying site. However, the majority of content holders increasingly chose to ignore the system in …

ShopTo.net has released the results of a survey claiming the average UK gamer spent 334 last year on their hobby. The survey was conducted via e-mail between the 15th and 17th of June 2012, recieved just over 9,000 responses, with a sampling error of plus or minus seven percent. ShopTo.net …

Platoon and Spider-man actor to appear alongside Ellen Page in Beyond: Two Souls

Microsoft has slashed a number of full” Games On Demand titles from $20 to just $5 on Xbox Live. The discounts are universal, meaning that if any title on the list below is available on Xbox Live in your region it will have had its price cut. Here’s the complete …

Saints Row: The Third - Enter the Dominatrix canned; content to be integrated into full sequel

Koch media to take on distribution services in regions