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Square Enix is celebrating some early 2012 success with new RPG release Final Fantasy XIII-2 debuting at No.1. It’s the first new chart topper of the year following the dominance of EA’s FIFA 12, which this week slips to fourth place. There are two other Top Five debutants this week …

Stephen Toulouse departs from the company after 18 years

Customer data transferred to Sony Entertainment Network

Microsoft’s Xbox Live policy and enforcement director Stephen Toulouse is to quit the firm after 18 years. He resigns on February 15th to explore other opportunities”. Known as StepTo to many Xbox gamers, Toulouse has for many years been the face of Xbox to much of its social networking community …

The PlayStation Network brand will be abandoned on February 8th. In its place, all PSN account holders will have their details transferred over to the all new Sony Entertainment Network. This transition is based on Sony’s goal to enhance its unique digital entertainment offering,” the company stated. As a series …

New Sony president and CEO Kaz Hirai has begun his reign by swearing in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. What drove the normally calm exec into such an outburst? The size of the job he faces in turning the Sony ship around. Stock in the company has plummeted …

The Humble Bundle for Android has sold over 100k units in less than four days

Devs race to build some 500 Flash games with the versatile engine

Publisher admits it needs to 'adapt to the changing business environment'

Steam rival grows with 21 partnerships signed