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The entry-level 160GB PS3 SKU is not being phased out at retail, an SCE UK spokesperson has told MCV. GAME was until recently selling it for just 159.99 – a 90 saving over its RRP – but stocks have run out. Play.com has slashed the price to 199.99 while ShopTo …

Excessive LA Noire workload 'absolutely unacceptable' says IGDA

Following the video games industry’s key legal victory in the US yesterday, American trade body the ESA has celebrated the very important decision. This is a historic and complete win for the First Amendment and the creative freedom of artists and storytellers everywhere," a statement from president and CEO Michael …

Thousands promise to end their subscriptions amid microtransaction outrage

F2P shooter Battlefield Heroes has been reactivated following the LulzSec hack which was later hailed as the group’s last hurrah. Players are now able to access the title, though publisher EA warns that some personal data was indeed compromised in the hack. "Service has been restored on Battlefield Heroes following …

Project Kane halts again, insiders say, while the publisher attempts to conceal troubles

Motion Capture used to be the exclusive reserve of triple-A game budgets, but that's now changing, argues NaturalPoint co-founder Jim Richardson

We profile Havok Mobile, Kinect, Kinect Sports, Path of Go AI, PlayStation Move, Razor for Vita and the Unreal Engine

Anonymous, the hacking group that started off the wave of cyber terror that has dogged the headlines this year, has signalled its intentions to pick up from where the abandoned LulzSec movement left off. LulzSec announced at the weekend that its 50 day digital assault was over. However, speaking via …

Counter-Strike’s deeply-embedded position as the most played Steam game has finally been dismantled, following a daring and controversial change in pricing policy from Valve. The Washington-based company rocked the games industry last week by re-releasing Team Fortress 2 as a free-to-play game. That triple-A game, at the time of writing, …