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Designer's non-compete period ends; Ubisoft claims THQ has unfairly poached staff

Shares in publisher Take-Two have fallen by four per cent meaning that since mid May the company has lost over 15 per cent of its overall value. Market Watch says that despite nearing 1m unit sales in the US alone, recent Rockstar release LA Noire has failed to meet sales …

Developer BioWare has confirmed hackers may have obtained the personal details of 18,000 users on Wednesday. Hackers gained illegal access to an old BioWare community server associated with the forums of RPG Neverwinter Nights. They may have taken user account names, passwords, email addresses and birth dates. BioWare said credit …

The Genji developer, famous for its E3 gaffe, may have built its last game

There are few things as sickening in this self-promoting and capitalist world as a money-laden celebrity taking to the camera to peddle insincere lies about a product in exchange for a big fat cheque, right? If that’s the sort of thinking you subscribe to then you should take great delight …

A leaked GameStop poster has revealed that the next DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops will be released on Tuesday June 28th, according to Kotaku. Called Annihilation, the download will include four new multiplayer maps – Hangar 18, Drive-In, Silo and Hazard. It will also include another map for …

The phenomenon that is Angry Birds has now been downloaded 250 million times across all mobile platforms. This figure was confirmed to TechCrunch by Rovio founder Peter Vestebacka and product manager Ramine Darabiha, who offered a few teasers about what the mobile developer is working on next. In terms of …

Over 500,000 users visited the virtual Sony E3 booth through online PS3 hub PlayStation Home. In comparison, 46,800 people attended the event in person – a tenth of those who visited online – reports Venture Beat. PlayStation Home users were able to watch videos of the latest games on show …

Mass Effect developer the latest victim as mindless hacks sweep the industry

The freemium model for video games isn’t just a sector that Nintendo will be avoiding – it’s one that president Satoru Iwata believes actually threatens the health of the industry. "When we look at the entire system of freemium, it’s not always that everyone is happy with the offers," he …