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With Sony pursuing legal avenues against famed PS3 hacker George ‘Geohotz’ Hotz, the bedroom coder has fought back in an unexpected way – by publishing a confrontational hip-hop piece on YouTube. With lyrics that proclaim himself to be "a personification of freedom for all", Hotz goads Sony into continuing its …

Rob Wilkins has been appointed the head of home theatre and entertainment at Best Buy UK. He takes the role following the departure of former entertainment boss Marc Spence. The former GAME and HMV exec left the retailer in August to move to the Middle East. Wilkins had previously worked …

A Valentine’s Day summit will see games media bosses convene with ABC to crack how they can work better together. Key publishing firms representing a host of mostly online, but also print brands, will be on hand at the Monday, February 14th meeting in central London. The agenda is to …

Twenty firms already backing the device; 50 launch games inbound

End of an era for the Yorkshire-based studio

Almost 11 years on from its Japanese debut in March 2000, Sony’s PlayStation 2 has now passed 150m unit sales across the world. The number was hit on January 31st – ten years and 11 months after its debut. This cements the console’s position as the best selling gaming hardware …

Developers urged to push content onto Android devices

It may all be just rumour for now, but belief from investors that a possible deal between Activision and Take-Two could be on the cards saw shares in the Rockstar owner climb five per cent on Friday. That was the day on which MCV broke news about the proposed takeover. …

New deal will 'ensure a continuous flow of Xperia Play games'

Hopes of a sequel to 2008 first person platform outing Mirror’s Edge appear to have diminished with word from EA-owned developer DICE that the project has been put on hold. In an interview translated from Swedish games site Vicachu, DICE boss Patrick Soderlund says that sales of the first game …