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Studio raises more than £110,000 in revenue from all apps in 2011

CryEngine boss Carl Jones says dev pipelines need to be 'super-fast and robust'

Square Enix has announced that the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be getting an exclusive piece of DLC not available on the PS3. It takes the form of a weapon – a bow called Azrael that can be used by FFXII-2 character Serah. It was designed ion …

Sony’s Tablet S has just been updated to allow for PS3 controller support. Engadgetreports users in Japan can now use connect a Dualshock 3 pad to the tablet, and even play wirelessly after the initial connection. Users of the Tablet S will need to buy an additional USB adapter cable …

No personal information was accessed following the recent security breach of Square Enix member servers in Japan and North America. This is despite the publisher revealing last week that up to 1.8 million accounts may have been compromised, with information including customer names, phone numbers and e-mails. As a result, …

The latest figures from Japanese stats body Media Create shows that the PlayStation Vita claimed a sell-through of around 65 per cent over its opening weekend. It pins the two-day sales figures at 325k units for the weekend of December 17th and 18th. In total Sony shipped in the region …

Analyst issues 'outperform' stock rating for the Farmville firm

Namco Bandai’s Tekken 3D Prime Edition will hit UK shelves on February 17th with Nintendo responsible for sales, marketing and distribution. The publisher has entered into a new distribution agreement with Nintendo for European territories and Australia. Nintendo will also distribute accompanying Namco Bandai 3DS title One Piece Unlimited Cruise …

Servers to go back online 'by end of December' after internal investigation into security breach

US consumers spent an estimated $4.2bn on video games in Q3 overall – a year-on-year drop of 11 per cent. That figure represents money spent on hardware, content and accessories, according to the Q3 2011 US Games Market Dynamics report from The NPD Group. Buyers spent $1.3bn on new physical …