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The fanatical online activist group Anonymous has been named by Sony as a suspect of the PlayStation Network data breach. We discovered that the intruders had planted a file on one of our Sony Online Entertainment servers named ‘Anonymous’ with the words ‘We are Legion’,” the company said. The "we …

As of last night, Star Wars: The Old Republic no longer appears in EA’s release schedule. Earlier this year MCV revealed that EA was targeting a September 2011 release for the game. The story was greeted with disdain and abuse from a large contingent of BioWare’s fanbase in the MCV …

EA has confirmed a delay for BioWare’s anticipated RPG release Mass Effect 3. Previously the game had been scheduled for a holiday 2011 release, but as part of its financial report last night EA confirmed that the game will now ship at some point in Q1 2012. Developer BioWare has …

Further reports allege the Split/Second sequel has been cancelled

Publisher EA has reported an annual loss for its last financial year of $276m – that’s a 59 per cent improvement on the $677m lost in the year before. Revenue reached $3.59bn, which is slightly down on last year’s $3.65bn. However, Q4 was strong with revenues up over 400 per …

Game Investor Consulting's Nick Gibson asks if industry analysis can ever provide useful results

London studio Curve talks self-publishing and the indie question

Creators of the MMO Illyriad discuss the pleasures and pains of external collaboration

Intruder planted a file on hacked server with the words 'we are legion'

Digital games retailer Direct2Drive has announced the launch of a German version of its popular portal. Found at www.direct2drive.de, the site is currently in beta though already boasts titles from the world’s largest publishers such as EA, Activision and Ubisoft. As a welcome gesture, the site will be offering customers …