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The owners of The Pirate Bay have accused British authorities of hypocrisy following its decision to force ISPs to block access to the site. The Western countries of the world all complaints about the censorship in Iran, China, Saudi Arabia and so on,” a statement reads. But they are really …

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Retailer GAME is offering a Modern Warfare 3 bonus for all those who pre-order the freshly announced Black Ops II through the retailer. Commit to buying the new title and you’ll get a Prestige Token which can be redeemed in Modern Warfare 3’s multiplayer mode against either a free weapon, …

Nintendo UK chief David Yarnton has thanked England cricket legend Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff following his accident during an epic charity bike ride. Yarntonwas taking part in ‘Cycle Slam,’ a charity event which involved a number of iconic sports stars including Flintoff and Rugby star Lawrence Dallaglio. The popular games exec …

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is real, and at last MCV can discuss some of the juicier elements of the game. Firstly, as we all know by now, the game adopts a Tom Clancy style near-future setting – 2025, to be exact. This means very high-tech gadgetry based on …

Blizzard has unwrapped Diablo III’s auction system, revealing both in-game gold and real-money auction houses. Players will be able to switch between the two houses as they wish, which are separated into three regions independent of one another: The Americas, Europe, and Asia. The full corresponding countries for these regions …

Indian game developer/publisher UTV Indiagames has become the first publisher to reach the 100 million downloads mark on the Nokia Store. The company had surpassed 50 million downloads three months ago. UTV Indiagames currently boasts of a catalogue of over 300 games and holds licenses to well-known film, sports and …

Activision has been making moves regarding an apparent new game entitled The Blast Furnace. Fusible reports (via Shacknews) the company filed a trademark application for the title on April 18th. The application covers ‘computer game software’ and an ‘on-line computer game.’ Additionally, DomainNameSales reported a sale of theblastfurnace.com just a …

Bethesda has revealed Skyrim’s first add-on Dawnguard. The company announced on their blog that the epic action-RPG’s debut DLC is set to arrive this summer for Xbox 360. Curiously there’s no mention of a PS3 or PC release in the short post. The only other detail provided in the announcement, …

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