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A faceless and compassion free corporation whose only interest is separating you from your cash. If that’s your perception of Activision, you’re one of the people that Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg wants to win over. "Who would be wished to be cast as the bad guy in your own …

Scotland Yard confirms arrested man's link with LulzSec; won't rule out involvement in PSN breach

A 19-year old Essex man has been arrested in what is believed to be the first raid on the membership of LulzSec. "Officers from the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) have arrested a 19-year-old man in a pre-planned intelligence-led operation," a statement from the MET reads. "The arrest follows …

'Significant amount of material' discovered in FBI-led operation

Nintendo is not building its next generation console with the most expensive high-end tech, the company’s development boss Shigeru Miyamoto has said. Nintendo is an entertainment company,” he told Gamespot. "We’re very sensitive to pricing because people have generally only a certain amount of their spending that they’ll devote to …

Ben Cousins, the former studio head at British outfit EA Easy, has joined mobile games group Ngmoco. Cousins, who left EA in March, is now tasked with running and raising Ngmoco’s new Stockholm-based studio. Much of the studio’s work will be focused on building content for the social gaming platform …

The popular Nintendo DS puzzle adventure series Professor Layton is making the leap to social game platforms. Developer Level-5 has struck a deal with Japanese casual gaming company DeNA to bring Professor Layton Royale to its Mobage mobile portal. The firms made the announcement during a joint press conference in …

A new television service for 3DS has gone live in Japan today. Nintendo has partnered with broadcasters Fuji Television and Nippon Television to create downloadable programs for the handheld under the new Itsu no Ma ni Terebi service. According to Andriasang, the TV service is delivered through the 3DS’ Spot …

Triple-A budgets for HD console games won't settle, Guillemot claims

A member of Namco Bandai’s European community team has admitted on Facebook that Microsoft paid for RPG title Tales of Vesperia to be an Xbox 360 exclusive outside of Japan. "Microsoft paid for the exclusivity the same way Sony paid for having Heavy Rain only on PS3," Charlotte Toci stated, …