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"Hey Sony, you know we’re making off with a bunch of your internal stuff right now and you haven’t even noticed? Slow and steady, guys." That’s the chilling claim made by one hacking group earlier today as the digital vendetta against Sony threatens to kick off once again. With Sony …

Paul Jackson's RailWorks outfit expands with 'creative studio' in Chatham Docks

A number of UK retail listings are suggesting that EA will release anticipated shooter Battlefield 3 just days before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 arrives on November 8th. Both Amazon and Play say the game will hit on November 4th. HMV says an October 28th release is on the …

Studio to cut portion of staff; New project with Activision signed

Peter Driessen outlines the social gaming giantâ??s strategies for user engagement

Rockstar’s crime solving new IP L.A. Noire holds onto the top spot this week, despite dropping 43 per cent in sales. It held off competition from Codemasters’ Dirt 3, which had to settle for No.2 on the podium. The racer beat its predecessor’s launch period and sold best on Xbox …

In a week likely to be characterised by endless rumour, the latest points to a possible Xbox 360 price cut that could be announced at Microsoft’s E3 press conference. The talk stems from an ad spotted by VG247 for the US retailer Target which lists the Xbox 360 250GB and …

Social studio Sava to begin hiring immediately

The successor to the PSP will have its memory capacity halved as part of Sony’s bid to cut retail prices, a new report claims. An unconfirmed rumour in circulation suggests that the NGP will come packaged with 256MB of RAM, as opposed to the 512MB flaunted by Sony when the …

May 31st deadline missed as network is tested to its limits