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Game would've earned $100m, studio says, before 'erratic' superstar pulled out of deal

The hacker who arguably set the ball rolling on events that eventually lead up to the collapse of PSN last week has denied involvement in the breach – but has also taken the time to attack his former legal opponents. "And, as a onetime victim of identity theft, I feel …

Company to crack down on Modern Warfare 2 scam

Yet another online games trading portal is to attempt an assault on the UK market. Gametrade24.co.uk comes from the creators of Polish swapping site Gametrade.pl. That site enjoys around 60k registered users and gets 200k unique hits a month and 10m page views. In total the service has swapped over …

Publisher Atlus has confirmed that it is to produce two versions of both the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions of obscure sexy puzzle title Catherine. Siliconera reports that one will carry the original Japanese cover art, complete with provocative undies (on PS3) and partially exposed rear (on Xbox 360). The …

After several days of silence on the iPhone location tracking situation, Apple released a statement saying the iPhone was not logging location and that users were ‘confused’. Apple claims the iPhone is not logging the location of the user, claiming that it was instead maintaining a database of Wi-Fi hotspots …

Litigation floodgates breached as US man starts legal action over PSN hacking

Upcoming shooter FEAR 3 will now hit UK shelves next month after being pushed back by publisher Warner Interactive. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC game was previously scheduled to arrive on Friday, May 27th. It will instead be released on Friday, June 24th. Originally the shooter was due late …

Recoil to offer users integration of the Bullet engine rigid body dynamics

PlayStation platform holder Sony has confirmed that it hopes to have some PSN services back online by May 3rd. If true, that would mean that the console network will have endured a two week down period. "Our employees have been working day and night to restore operations as quickly as …