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Chart-Track has hit back at download platform Steam for dismissing the need for a digital chart. Steam’s Jason Holtman told MCV last month that the idea of a chart ‘is old’ and that it isn’t ‘super important for a company to know how well everyone else is doing’. Now Chart-Track’s …

The PSN security crisis – which saw personal data of 77m customers stolen and forced Sony’s online games service offline for over two weeks – is a warning to the games industry. That’s according to UK experts hoping to grow their own digital businesses. These execs say the industry needs …

The Fun Inc. author on why he's heading to the industry conference in Gateshead

Tuesday May 3rd – that’s the day first earmarked by Sony for the return of PSN. But as of today, Saturday May 7th, we’re still none the wiser as to when the service will be back online. The service went down on April 20th. Verifying the system security is vital …

Our source insists new 'box with improved Kinect features is prototyped and in the wild

Publisher rebuffs our report that it's making content for next-generation games hardware

Ubisoft will be releasing a Strictly Come Dancing title this Christmas. The publisher is readying a title based on the popular BBC competition for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. The title’s existence was revealed by the firm’s latest release schedule and is due to arrive on shelves in November. Earlier …

Konami has told MCV that while Pro Evolution Soccer may never beat EA’s FIFA in terms of sales, it can still be a success on its own terms. It also claimed that after losing its status as the critics’ favourite, PES is closing the gap on its great rival in …

UPDATE: EA has since denied it has access to this prototype, despite originally chosing not to comment on the report. Updated story immediately below followed by original. — Yesterday Develop broke news that a new Xbox dev kit has rolled out to developers. Our source, as well as pinpointing key …

Source claims job cuts were triggered by 'forced studio switch'