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Kindle e-book readers are apparently the hot gift this Christmas with Amazon reporting that the firm sold a million of the devices every week. The world’s largest online retailer also said that the Kindle Fire remained the top selling product on Amazon.com since it was introduced 11 weeks ago. Amazon …

The personal details of around 1.8m North American and Japanese customers of Square Enix could have been compromised in a recent web hack, the publisher has admitted. A server containing details of 1m Japanese members and 800k North American users of the Square Enix Members service was accessed in the …

Zynga will later today finally go public, and is will end the day valued at around $9bn. That will make it more valuable than gaming heavyweight EA, which predates the firm by 25 years. When the US stock exchange opens later today Zynga will open at $10 a share, valuing …

Bethesda has now shipped in excess of 10m units of its fantastic RPG title The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim worldwide. No firm sales figures have been released, though the publisher adds that the number represents some $650m in sales. Valve has added that Skyrim is now officially the fastest selling …

Retailer EB Games has contacted many of its Canadian customers saying that the 3G-ready version of the PlayStation Vita has been delayed in the country. It had been due to arrive in February alongside the US and European releases, but will now not arrive until April. Further speculation blames the …

Vita will suffer a horrible, premature death” if it doesn’t open up to multiplatform accessibility, Bossa co-founder Henrique Olifiers has claimed. Olifiers said that the UK studio would not develop games for consoles because of their closed systems, and believes manufacturers would suffer in the long run if they did …

Scottish developer welcomes former AOL and EA staff as board members, and launches duo of new games

Xbox design manager Don Coyner has been replaced as the lead for Microsoft’s next-gen console, according to reports. Cnetclaims two sources who work for Microsoft said that Coyner is no longer leading the design and experience group for Xbox. The sources also said that Coyner has been replaced by general …

Ian Kelso to take on 'expanded role' as CEO of Canadian Interactive Alliance

Sega has confirmed a July 6th release date for Xbox 360 and PS3 brawler Anarchy Reigns in Europe. It will be released in the US on July 3rd and in Australia on July 5th. The game is developed by Platinum Games, creators of Vanquish and Bayonetta, as well as Konami’s …