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Apple’s brand new iPad 3 has been jailbroken by the Apple hacking community just hours after its release. ZDNet reports that no less than three separate jailbreaking methods are now publically available, with custom code already up and running on iOS 5.1. Once ‘jailbroken’, an Apple device is able to …

­­Develop asks the middleware firm's VP of product management Marc Stevens what it has in store for the industry

Ustwo, the makers of hit app Whale Trail, have signed a publishing deal with Penguin division Pearson. Penguin plans to launch an e-book starring the game’s main character, Willow the Whale, in October, with traditional books to follow in 2013. This is the first time a brand that started as …

Multiple parties said to be interested in new mobile and Facebook sensation

The future of games on the High Street in in danger and thousands of workers face an uncertain future… so let’s all cash in, right? That’s clearly the attitude of dating website dateagamer.co.uk, which has seized upon GAME’s misfortunes to try and promote its own business. The company has allegedly …

Pay attention Daily Mail – this is how you troll the games industry. In what can only be described as a remarkably stupid cover story in today’s issue of The Sun, the Murdock daily has sensationally claimed that Call of Duty is being used by terrorist to plot attacks. Islamic …

Social games giant Zynga wants to acquire Omgpop, the New York based studio responsible for casual games sensation Draw Something, a new report suggests. According to news siteTechCrunch, acquisition talks are at an early stage and it is possible that other companies may be willing to bid for the company. …

Mark Pincus, the boss of social and casual gaming giant Zynga, has hinted at what appears to be a possible partnership with Microsoft that could see Zynga titles appear on Xbox. Speaking of cross-device compatibility, Pincus told GigaOM that: "Right now we are building back-end technology, so that your game …

Kongregate co-founder Jim Greer has revealed significant growth since Gamestop’s acquisition of the online gaming portal and social network back in July 2010. Greer tells VentureBeat that Kongregate doubled the number of virtual goods-based games on the site, subsequently tripling virtual goods revenue in the last year — adding that …

BioWare has announced it has dropped plans for a Dragon Age 2 expansion, instead opting to move the franchise into its ‘next phase.’ Dragon Age 2 executive producer Mark Darrah revealed the news in a piece on the BioWare Social Network. "While we will still be keeping an eye out …