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Sony has detailed ambitious plans to protect its PlayStation Network from future hacks. New measures include a complete migration of its servers to a new data centre, encryption enhancements and automated software monitoring. A list of the improvements can be found on Develop.

Sega Sammy has reported profits of YEN 41.5bn for the financial year ended March 31st, 2011. The company has more than doubled its profits in the previous year, up 104.8 per cent from YEN 20.2bn. Sales rose by 3.1 per cent year-on-year to YEN 396.7bn. Key sales drivers were identified …

Ubisoft has confirmed a further delay to next-gen console and PC team shooter Ghost Recon: Future Shooter. The game is now due out in the company’s fiscal Q4, which means some time between the beginning of January 2012 and the end of March of that year. The title was announced …

UK on the rise as key studios begin hiring sprees

As well as revealing an eye-watering 60 per cent year-on-year increase in Xbox 360 console sales in the US last month, Microsoft has also announced some high-profile Kinect successes. Rare’s Kinect Sports has now sold over 3m units with Harmonix’s Dance Central has exceeded 2.5m unit sales. The platform holder …

Ex Realtime Worlds creative director returns for second spin

Sony has lifted the lid on the PS3-exclusive Starhawk, the sequel to 2007’s Warhawk. Unlike the multiplayer-only first title, the new game will feature a single-player story mode. Of course a range of multiplayer games will be available. It will also be the first title developed by Texas-based LightBox Interactive, …

Square Enix has posted a loss of 91m (YEN 12bn) for its fiscal year ending March 31st, 2011. Net sales dropped 35 per cent year-on-year from 1.4bn (YEN 192bn) to 953m (YEN 125bn). Last year the Japanese publisher posted profits of 72.5m (YEN 9.5bn), meaning profits crashed 226 per cent …

Publisher Ubisoft has become one of the first prominent publishers to publicly express its excitement for Nintendo’s still mysterious new home console. And while no specifics or tech info was divulged, Eurogamer reports that in a call to investors CEO Yves Guillemot says the HD work done for machine such …

Wide-ranging security measures offer insight into the PSN's delayed return