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Franois Bayrou is a man, a politician. And clearly one who recognises the power of the Gaming Vote. As spotted by The Telegraph, there’s a hidden treat to be found on his website as he builds toward his French presidential campaign. Want to take a look? OK, head over to …

Publisher expecting headcount increase by end of year despite reports of up to 1,000 imminent layoffs at the company

Draw Something popularity escalated into bidding war, report claims

A new content streaming device called Nasne is on the way from Sony. The small black box comes with 500GB of internal storage and, in Japan at least, both digital and satellite tuners. It will offer streaming and storage interoperability with other Sony devices such as PS3, PlayStation Vita, VAIO …

$350 million valuation of mobile publisher worth $140m more than sale of Draw Something developer OMGPOP

Veteran publisher System 3 is bringing new racer Absolute Supercars to retail with the help of Bruno Senna. The F1 driver and nephew of the late Ayrton Senna has helped hone the car handling in Absolute Supercars, which is due to arrive on PS3 at the end of May. The …

Simon Woodroffe to lead up design at Microsoft studio

Users who have been banned from EA’s Origin network will now be able to access the single player content of any games on their account. That’s after EA decided to review the terms and conditions of its Origin user agreement. Previously any ban from origin resulted in account holders being …

Rovio spurned massive takeover bid, report claims

Big Brother is watching. Specifically, he’s watching what you’re doing on your consoles. Gamasutra reports that the US Navy and the Department of Homeland Security have employed the services of forensics company Obscure Technologies to discover a way to track data exchanged through modern console networks. The aim is to …