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Google mobile operating system can send unencrypted personal data, study claims

MCV’s sister publication ME launched its reports division last week, and the first publication explains developments in one of the mobile world’s most scrutinised sectors: payments. Mobile Payments 2011 costs 39.99, and looks at technologies, business models, leading companies, case studies and revenue projections in this dynamic market. To download …

The release of LA Noire in the North American market yesterday has lead to a huge surge in Take-Two’s share price. The company’s shares closed at $17.10 at the end of trading yesterday, a daily jump of nearly 18 per cent. It’s the highest valuation of Take-Two since the EA …

Anonymous YouTube member thought to have filmed recent Project Cafe presentation

Online indie retailer Gameseek is taking pre-orders on both Wii and DS versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Although the game has yet to be officially announced, several retailers are already taking pre-orders for the game on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. But Gameseek reckons it will also …

Champions Online developer open to the highest bidder

Microsoft’s new Xbox 360 disc format is incompatible with what the company describes as "a very small number" of machines. The issue was discovered as part of the recent US beta in which the new discs were tested. One Kotaku reader then received a surprise email from Microsoft stating that …

E3 is approaching fast, but can the biggest games show on earth cover the emerging game markets?

Self-publishing your mobile game? The Mobile Payments report details your opportunities

A Kinect based flying-chicken-man game? A blob that doesnâ??t die? When you ask Lionhead to make whatever it wants, the results can be dazzlingly creative