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A collection of Mega Drive games on PS3 will be free to download for PSN+ subscribers. The first digital title – Sonic the Hedgehog – hit the PlayStation Store yesterday and five others will arrive over the next few months. These include Sonic 2, Streets of Rage 2, Altered Beast …

THQ has been issued an injunction preventing it from illicitly pulling talent away from a Ubisoft studio in Canada. It has been discovered that Patrice Dsilets, a new THQ employee, had helped target developers working at Ubisoft Montreal who were believed could be convinced to switch employers. Last year, Dsilets …

Microsoft is to investigate claims that an organised group of people have made deceitful ratings to some Xbox Live Indie Games. The accusation is that Crosse Studios, developers of the XBLIG game College Lacrosse, had asked fans on its Facebook page to improve the user rating of the title. This …

Studio can 'meticulously capture body and face performance'

A PlayStation emulator has been removed from the Andorid Market today – because of the upcoming Xperia Play launch. That’s according to ZodTTD, the developer behind PSX4Droid. The emulator was available to Android phones before it was removed due to content violation”, reports Pocket Gamer. ZodTTD claimed on Twitter he …

Third of workforce made redundant, unconfirmed reports claim

Nordic Games is taking on Ubisoft’s smash hit Just Dance with a dancing game of its own. We Dance is an extension of the publisher’s We Sing range and is scheduled to reach shelves next month. The game will feature three styles of play and 40 licensed tracks spanning four …

Classic British franchise Championship Manager will arrive on Facebook – but as a game made by GameStop. The global games retail giant has nabbed the rights to Eidos’ footy management game as part of its plan to roll out locally relevant digital content. GameStop currently has two mainland UK stores …

Legal twists, and bitter accusations, in the battle of the Montreal studio giants

UK retailers took home over 45m during the biggest sales week for video games this year. According to our retail sources, 3DS generated around 25m in software and hardware sales during its first two days on sale. It bested the DS’ debut UK week in 2005. Overall it was a …