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Startup BeamItDown Software has announced that it is shutting down its iFlow Reader service, which sold e-books through its iOS app, which could also be used to read them. The company has posted an explanatory messageon its website with some stinging criticism for Apple. "Apple has made it completely impossible …

The inaugural event of TIGAâ??s newly formed Casual Games Committee takes place tomorrow.

Sony Ericsson has claimed it is not concerned about news that its initial offering of PSOne games on its Xperia Play mobile games have sold in very low numbers. Using Android data, PlayStation Lifestyle reports that the best selling game to date, Destruction Derby, has yet to break the 1,000 …

Square Enix has drastically revised its predicted losses for the fiscal year ending March 31st. Describing the change as ‘extraordinary’, the company has increased its forecasted loss from YEN 1bn to YEN 12bn (around 90m). Sales and income are expected to come in slighty below expectations, too. The change was …

Having already suffered one delay, Nintendo has confirmed another change of plans for its 3DS digital downloads portal. Back in January the platform holder had indicated that the store would be ready to launch alongside the handheld in March. This was later changed, with a May arrival pencilled in, thanks …

Develop examines the future of Valve's flagship tech, and discovers more about the studioâ??s unique socialist culture.

UK's biggest studio beats the industry's finest to claim quiz glory

EA doesn’t want Activision grabbing headlines with Call of Duty any longer – it is trying to release Battlefield 3 as close to ‘Modern Warfare 3′ as possible, retailers have told MCV. That could mean a day-and-date clash, although a release in the days before a new CoD is more likely. …

The development of Dark Souls has been hit by the temporary closure of PSN. Producer Kei Horono admitted the game’s development has slowed somewhat, but insisted it will still meet its deadline. The title is due in early October. "It has impacted us and held the team back a bit," …

It has been right at the centre of the controversy surrounding the PSN outage, but now Anonymous has itself become the victim of cyber warfare. The Financial Times reports that AnonOps.net (which is currently inaccessible) has been defaced with obscenities. In addition, the names and details of some 500 Anonymous …