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Over half of the world's hundred best studios are making iPhone and iPad games; 75 are independent

Game streaming service OnLive will launch in the UK this autumn, the firm has confirmed. Registration for the cloud gaming platform will go live as E3 opens, at 8PM on June 7th next week, at www.onlive.co.uk. In the UK, British Telecom has exclusive rights to bundle the OnLive Game Service …

Game development pioneer Yu Suzuki has joined Tokyo-based Premium Agency as executive game producer, the group has announced. The industry veteran Suzuki will advise on a number of social and mobile projects, but also for living-room devices. Premium Agency has said Suzuki will oversee a new, as yet unknown, fighting …

Nintendo has decided against supporting Flash content on its 3DS, according to reports. In a move that echoes Apple’s ban on the Adobe technology, the web browser on Nintendo’s latest handheld is thought will not display Flash content. That would mean the huge array of free Flash games available on …

There’s something to be said for diversity. Activision, the house of Call of Duty, has announced a brand new and somewhat adventurous IP – Wappy Dog. Developed by Sega Toys, Wappy Dog is actually a robotic toy that communicates with an owner’s DS. It marks Activision’s second foray into the …

Sega talisman joins Premium Agency as executive producer and advisor

Today marks the long-awaited return of the PlayStation Store, but one hacker has said that the network will remain unsafe until Sony hires hackers directly to test its security. "Most big corporations have what’s called an annual security audit and they go out and hire outside security companies," Ligatt Security …

Pinches of salt at the ready. A Mass Effect 3 packshot apparently obtained from EA’s online store seems to suggest that Mass Effect 3 could support Xbox 360 Kienct. The claim comes from the BioWare forums, though any reference to the game seems to have been removed from the EA …

Adobe Flash Player thought to be unsupported on new handheld

Nintendo has said that its first major update for the 3DS will be available to download worldwide on June 7th. Chief amongst the new features is the long awaited introduction of the Nintendo eStore which will for the first time allow owners to purchase games and content directly over a …