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Forget everything that has gone before. If rumours of LulzSec’s latest hack are proven to be true, the group may just have made a politically significant assault. A document available online suggests that LulzSec has acquired all the highly secretive data submitted in the 2011 UK Census earlier this year. …

Former Easy Studio boss to build content for Dena's Mobage platform

Retailer ShopTo has become the first outlet to offer an RRP for PlayStation Vita software, pegging the price at 39.99. In total the site names 20 games for launch – which, incidentally, it dates as November 4th. Games listed include WipEout 2048, Super Stardust Delta, Resistance, Monster Hunter Portable, Killzone, …

The man behind last week’s controversial PR blacklisting debate has written a piece attempting to explain why it happened and how the PR games process works. Last week US PR agency The Redner Group openly stated on Twitter that it would blacklist – as in, stop sending review code – …

We’re all happy to complain about developers being cagey and withholding information but when they do commit the cardinal sin of speaking frankly we run headlines like this. In an interview with GamingUnion, Microsoft Game Studios head Peter Molyneux made the frank and overtly sensible admission that Kinect is not …

Nintendo 'has to balance cost of new screen and aggressive pricepoint'

Nintendo has announced that Star Fox 64 3DS will be released in the UK on September 9th. That’s actually a couple of days before it hits shelves in the US, though some time after its Japanese debut in mid July. The game, a remake of the 1997 N64 hit, adds …

Milo creator admits in-game navigation is a bigger challenge with motion control

Nintendo of Europe has announced that UK and Eurogamers have until June 30th to claim their free soundtrack offered to buyers of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Following an extension of the offer in the US yesterday, it had been claimed that limited supplies of the promo in …

In a rare bit of positive news coverage for the sector, a piece penned by BBC News Washington DC correspondent Tom Geoghegan has named games as one of the key reasons why crime has declined in the US. Recent FBI figures show a sharp drop in murder and robbery rates …