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Forget the recession: our depressed retail market is thanks to pressure from free apps and mobile games. That’s according to one of the US’ most influential games execs, John Schappert, who just a year ago was a key figure at EA. He also once ran Xbox Live – but has …

Cable TV and internet specialist Virgin Media has become the first UK ISP to block The Pirate Bay from its broadband users. Virgin media has received an order from the Courts requiring us to prevent access to this site in order to help protect against copyright infringement,” a notice reads …

Atlus has revealed Persona 4 Golden will see release in North America. The updated Vita version of the PS2’s Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 arrives this fall. The enhanced port was announced for Japan back in August of last year. The game packs ‘remastered visuals’, 50 per cent additional voicework, …

Valve has confirmed that while they’ll be attending this year’s E3, nothing new from the company will be unveiled. "We have no product announcements planned for this year’s show," Valve rep Doug Lombardi told Joystiq. Lombardi’s statement seemingly confirms an earlier report via ValveTime.net. In the report, a forum member …

Console fighting title Skullgirls is heading to PC, according to developers Autumn Games and Reverge Labs. The game will arrive via various digital distribution services later this year and will pack a few additions. The version will include in-game move lists, more tutorials, retuned single-player AI, enhanced leaderboards, a name …

Program to offer 'in-depth anaylsis' for mobile devs on the platform

PEGI has issued a PS3 rating for ‘Deus Ex’, pointing to a PSN release of Eidos’ stealth shooter. Spotted by Siliconera, the title will more than likely end up being the Playstation 2 re-release of the game entitled Deus Ex: The Conspiracy, classifying it as a PS2 classic for Sony’s …

Not worth the risk except for Call of Duty and Battlefield, says Free Radical founder Steve Ellis

Tech firm welcomes industry veterans Elliot Solomon and Erik Juhl

Beleaguered publisher must trade above $0.99 for ten consecutive days before July 23rd