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Platform holders traditionally rule their domains with an iron fist. But the market is changing. These are challenging times. So the admission from Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida that the company would consider using social platforms such as Facebook as a platform for its own IP is a striking …

Activision has at last released the first DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on PS3. Two multiplayer maps, The Liberation and Piazza, are now available to download – but only if you’re a paying subscriber to the Call of Duty: Elite service. The pair were released on Xbox …

David Braben looks at how multiplatform games take advantage of differing user interfaces

Microsoft is bringing a white version of its Xbox 360 S to the UK. A new SKU called the Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle will include a glossy white 4GB console (as in, no hard drive), a white Kinect sensor, white controller and a three month Xbox Live Gold subscription. The …

The existence of an Xbox 720 developer event appears to have been leaked through a harmless Tweet by a Crytek developer claiming to be on location. Sean Tracy, a technical designer for Crytek, earlier tweeted: Enjoying the Durango developers summit in London. So far, great swag and interesting talks”. He …

The PlayStation Network will be down for scheduled maintenancelater this week, with the disruption affecting service inboth US and Europe regions. The maintenancewill last roughly 14 hours,and during that time any functions such as online multiplayer that require the service will be unavailable for users. "Unlike typical maintenance events, consumers …

EA has responded to reports that its digital distribution service Origin has been auto-adding games purchased from competitors such as Steam. A few of you noticed some of your older EA games showing up in your Origin My Games library over the past few weeks and I wanted to clear …

An inquiry has been made since the R18+ bill was submitted to parliament, finding that it should move ahead without further public consultation. The report goes through ten pages of usual bureaucracy acknowledging the committee members, the on page 11 has its list of recommendations. There is only one recommendation …

Cipher Prime will make new game if they can crowd source $60,000

Reports claim Hydrophobia studio to enter administration