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Sega has confirmed that Yakuza 4 will be released in western markets in spring of next year – around 12 months after it first hit Japanese retail. Four is a very powerful number,” the European Sega blog reads. In this particular instalment as not only will you experience the gritty …

Many consumers who have purchased the first DLC for Crackdown 2 are reporting of problems with the game following the download. Numerous users of the Xbox.com forums are complaining that upon trying to play the game following the installation of the Premium Toy Box Pack their console is freezing up. …

With sales of 6.9m for the recently released Red Dead Redemption, you can bet your horse on the fact that work on the next game in the series is well underway – and MCV was recently told what it’s called. Speaking to MCV under strict conditions of intoxication, one employee …

CEO confident it will prevail in legal wrangle with cheat-bot creators

An elongated development cycle can sometimes be the death knell of a highly anticipated title, but Sony has insisted that the five-year wait for Gran Turismo 5 will not lead to critical disappointment. Far from looking dated, it will look state of the art,” SCE Worldwide Studios Europe VP Michael …

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An anonymous American company has completed the purchase of Project Myworld from collapsed studio Realtime Worlds, Develop can reveal. The move has permanently split Realtime Worlds into at least two segments – with numerous potential buyers eyeing up scattered portions of the company that are still deemed profitable. It is …

And a free version is likely the techâ??s creators tell Develop

Sony has won its first major victory in the battle against PS3 homebrew enabler PSJailbreak. An Australian court placed a temporary injunction on imports or sales of the device last week. Today defendants OzModChips, Global Solutions International, Ryan Emmanuel and Ken Tolcher have been told they they have been permanently …

iPad, XBLA and browser games are on the way from Koch’s Deep Silver label. The publishing outfit has revealed to MCV that it is actively expanding its business to include downloaded and online titles – alongside its successful boxed goods business. The future is going to be both online and …