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In what could prove to be a very significant move, the High Court has ordered internet service provider BT to block download site Newzbin2. The judge ruled that BT knowing that the site hosts copyrighted content is sufficient enough a fact for the company to have to take action. "In …

Japanese publisher Capcom has reported a drop in sales for the quarter ending June 30th. Net sales fell 37.2 per cent to 11,953m. Operating income fell 22.9 per cent to 775m, though ordinary income was up 152.8 per cent at 546m. Net income climbed 58.2 per cent to 338m. Capcom …

UK retail finally enjoyed a slight rise as it generated 11.2m from game sales this week. That is a five per cent increase compared to last week’s 10.7m. A total of 586,596 games were sold in UK retailers this week. Last week 563,110 were sold. Zumba Fitness continued to outsell …

Sony’s alleged reduction to PS Vita’s RAM capacity won’t harm developers working with the system, a Sony studio partner has said. Dani Snchez-Crespo, the CEO of PSP games studio Novarama, told Develop that the upcoming PS Vita handheld will have a whole lot of headroom in terms of GPU power, …

More than half of the money made from the top 300 iPhone games is channelled to just ten publishers, new data suggests. Mobile analytics group Distimo suggests that Apple’s booming games platform no longer helps smaller studios compete on an even playing field with the more established mobile publishers such …

Both PC giants are locked in a game of brinkmanship, Developâ??s Rob Crossley examines why

I don’t think anyone saw this coming. And if they say they did, they’re either really clever or a liar. This morning Nintendo announced that it is cutting the price of the 3DS handheld by a third. That should see it retailing for something in the region of 130 in …

Nintendo had confirmed new names and release dates for the 3DS’ two flagship Mario titles. Traditional platformer Super Mario will now be known as Super Mario 3D Land and will land on UK shelves in November. The new title harks back to the original Super Mario Land series on Game …

Daring indie publisher Rising Star Games has announced that it is to publish a second Cave shooter in Europe – DoDonPachi Resurrection. It follows on from the release of Deathsmiles on Xbox 360 last year. DoDonPachi Resurrection is already available in Europe on iPhone (as is Deathsmiles), but this is …

MCV talks to the previous winners of a Games Media Award. This week, it’s Eurogamer’s Martin Robinson. How did it feel to win a Games Media Award last year? Surprising, to be honest. I wasn’t expecting it, so was more than a little humbled by the whole thing. What do …