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Humiliated iBot creators to pay damages and attorney fees in upcoming order

UK trade body UKIE has sold its stake in charts body GfK Chart-Track – but still has a deal for exclusive access to its data. The organisation’s 20 per cent has been sold to GfK, which already had the majority ownership of Chart-Track since 2008. UKIE this afternoon told MCV …

Browser games developer Zynga is "actively" seeking opportunities in online gambling for Zynga Poker, the company has revealed A spokesperson for the FarmVille studio said that it was looking for potential partners for the new initiative as it looks to increase its earnings after going public. We build games and …

In a somewhat cruel coincidence, the world’s best Modern Warfare 3 player may also be the man responsible for the lion’s share of the game’s piracy. Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz) posted a video online showing that his Xbox 360 user account MEGARACER is the highest rated in the world …

We’ve been down this road before. Another bleak set of retailer financials, another article in MCV wondering what can be done about it. But now the situation has become more pressured. GAME posted devastating festive results, with sales down 17.6 per across UK and Ireland. While over at HMV, the …

Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure was a bigger hit than you might think. Activision’s new kids IP – which lets consumers buy character figurines and bring them to life in the game – just about crept into last year’s Top 50 chart at No. 48. But, if you add in the various …

Step aside, Davina – Zumba is the UK’s true fitness champion. The original Zumba Fitness has sold more copies year-to-date than the hit TV presenter’s latest workout DVD Ultimate Target. McCall’s latest sold 25,000 copies between January 1st and January 14th, according to data from The Official Charts Company. Zumba …

Eve Online has been governed by players since 2003. Develop speaks to CCP about protests, economies and the PS3 invasion

The new Argos catalogue released this weekend has dated Kinect Star Wars for April in the UK. The Xbox 360, which blends Jedi action with motion control, game was originally included as part of Microsoft’s Christmas 2011 release slate but it was delayed to this year for further development time. …

One of Vita’s most senior designers has admitted that Sony at one stage pondered giving the PlayStation Vita a larger screen including touch-screen controls. However, the platform holder eventually decided that physical controls were a preferable option. When we first saw a prototype of the beautiful OLED screen we used …