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A consortium of eight UK studios will band together under with a mission to build their own publishing business, in a new scheme backed by key trade associations and the government. This collaboration of digital, social and independent UK developers already has the support of creative industry investment group NESTA, …

It was thought that Sony had won the battle, but the team behind the PSJailbreak hack has released a new version of the device that works with Sony’s latest firmware for PS3. Last month it was reported that the measures implemented by Sony in the latest update for the console …

The UK arm of retailer Amazon has announced that it will be bringing one of America’s biggest shopping holidays to Amazon.co.uk. Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, as is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Christmas spending period in the US. This year it …

Eight-studio collaboration backed by NESTA, Tiga, UKIE and Whitehall

Activision boss Bobby Kotick says Black Ops dev was instrumental to multiplayer build

New project â??Mutant Bash TVâ?? may have raised the bar

Treyarch, which has for a long time been seen as the underdog to Call of Duty series’ creator Infinity Ward, does not get the credit it deserves for the role it has played in the series according to Activision boss Bobby Kotick. When a Joystiq interviewer referred to Treyarch as …

Despite widespread reports over the weekend, the price of the PSPgo has not been cut for the second time in a month, MCV can reveal. A number of websites have reported that the machine has been cut by a further 30 to 129.99, as is stated in this listing on …

Industry veteran partners with EU indie to make Unity-built iPad title

Xbox 360 Kinect will not use any of the information it gathers about players or their environments to create targeted advertising, the platform holder has stated. The rebuttal came after Xbox COO and CFO Dennis Durkin talked up the potential commercial benefits to investors at the BMO Capital Markets conference. …