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LEGO Group picks up studio's former staff as part of LEGO Universe transition

LEGO Universe has been acquired by the LEGO Group, as well as a handful of staff from the game’s developer NetDevil. The Group purchased the Warner-published MMO earlier this week, according to Joystiq. The retained NetDevil members will continue to work on the game going forwards. The studio is owned …

Sony is hiring new members for an anti-piracy team following a spate of PS3 hacking and security breaches. SCEA placed job listings on its recruitment page – which have now been removed – reports IGN. These were for a senior corporate counsel and senior paralegal to develop and implement an …

New Liverpool studio hopes to create 50 jobs

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Mastertronic has acquired the rights to publish two more big Xbox 360 boxed games. Serious Sam HD First & Second Encounter and Alien Breed Trilogy will both hit shelves in March, courtesy of the publisher. The latter will arrive on March 18th while Serious Sam is due for release sometime …

Upcoming Xbox 360 and PS3 game Mortal Kombat will not be released in Australia when it hits UK stores in April. The Australian Classifications Board has placed the game’s content outside its highest age rating certificate, MA 15+, preventing it from being sold at retail or as a digital download. …

Much of the world’s games press gathered in the US yesterday to see a showcase of the big titles Microsoft has in store for Xbox 360 owners in the year ahead. Gears of War 3, which earlier this week was given a firm September release date, clearly took much of …

Soho-based Oscar-winning The Mill opens new games team

What’s most interesting to me is that for the second time in as many weeks its the reaction of my peers in the games industry on Twitter that has moved me to put finger to keyboard. Most folk (and evidently MCV readers, if the comments are anything to go by) …