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A number of sites have gone live with pre-orders for the Nintendo 3DS, with a placeholder price of 299 having been put in place. Eurogamer spotted the listings on The Hut, WHSmith, Best Buy and Woolworths. What the site didn’t note, though, is that all of these portals are run …

Sensible Soccer developer fires out at games business

Bungie has filed a number of trademarks which may give a clue as to what the developer’s next game will be called. The Washington studio has submitted the following copyrighted titles to the United States Copyright Office: New Monarchy, Dead Orbit, Osiris and Seven Seraphs. Bungie has also registered a …

After a temporary hiatus that raised the possibility of Britain’s top secret agent permanently abandoning the silver screen, a new James Bond film has been officially announced by Hollywood studio MGM. The 23rd instalment in the cult movie series is currently scheduled for release worldwide on November 9th 2012. Daniel …

Mirroring the path it pursued when fighting last year’s battle against the PSJailbreak device, Sony has gone legal on at least two hackers at the heart of the current PS3 piracy drive. Kotaku reports that SCEA is seeking a temporary restraining order against both George ‘geohot’ Hotz and hacking group …

Braben reveals prototype micro PC to encourage student programming

Warner Bros and LEGO have announced plans to release a new line of LEGO Ninjago toys and game content. DS adventure title LEGO Ninjago: The Videogame, developed by TT Games, will arrive in UK stores this spring. The title allows players to embark on a ‘good’ or ‘evil’ single-player campaign, …

The axe has come down at News Corp’s struggling MySpace social network – but it looks like sister division IGN will gain more independence as a result. Rupert Murdoch’s media empire today confirmed that it is cutting MySpace back to a skeleton crew in the US, with most of its …

Wii sensation Just Dance 2 has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Ubisoft confirmed the sequel to its best-selling dance title is performing just as well as its predecessor, particularly in the UK. VG247 reports that since the first Just Dance was launched in November 2009, the franchise has …

Novel new competition to grant one company free access to usability testing