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Nintendo has signed a partnership that will provide 3DS owners with free Wi-Fi at major UK airports. The deal with Boingo Wireless covers terminals at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted as well as Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports. The 3DS will automatically connect to Boingo’s Wi-Fi hotspots, allowing players to …

Sony Computer Entertainment is negotiating an in-game currency policy for all virtual items traded on PS3, the CEO of CCP Games has said. Hilmar Pturssontold Developthat the studioexpects that the negotiations will establish pricing tiers of virtual items, as well as the revenue split between Sony and developers. The talks …

Several videos have emerged online that appear to depict hackers playing pirated PS3 games on PlayStation Vita. Eurogamer reports that the exploit requires a PS3 using the old 3.55 firmware version. Even though Vita Remote Play support was only introduced with the 4.00 firmware release, this restriction can be circumvented …

Dust 514 to establish universal PSN microtransaction rules; Game could still hit retail

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 …