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With a decision expected on Sony’s Australian injunction against the sale of PSJailbreak today, it has emerged that the American arm of the platform holder has joined the battle. Kotaku reports that SCEA has filed a lawsuit against Californian online retailer Zoomba LDC, alleging a number of copyright violations. It …

As was predicted by Michael Pachter earlier this week, Take-Two has confirmed that LA Noire has seen its release date pushed back from this Q4 until some time in the first half of 2011. Every time we push the envelope creatively, it takes a while,” Strauss Zelnick stated in an …

Program that puts the game on autopilot not banned due to copyright complexities

Big Match Striker maestros sign as headline sponsor; limited space for new entrants

Investors told the title will make a return for the group

SCE Worldwide Studios Europe VP on Sony's 3D strategy

Ambitious cloud-computing based video games service OnLive will roll out an official wi-fi beta version of its service in September. The company has also lowered the minimum system requirement for OnLive. Users now need a 3Mbps internet connection, dual-core CPU and, for Macs, OS 10.5.8 or higher. Coupled with the …

It’s one of the most bankable brands in video games, and Capcom has confessed that it wants to get Resident Evil 6 finished on retail shelves as soon as it possibly can. Furthermore, the publisher reckons that the first news on the new game is not far off. Given the …

From next year the Advertising Standards Authority will see its remit widened to include the regulation of online advertising, the organisation has confirmed. The ASA already polices paid-for ads and promotions but from March 1st 2011 this will grow to include all marketing communications online including on social networks such …

It appears that the movement to oppose Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mature games bill in the US is proving successful with confirmation that no new states have signed up to the proposal since July. Law.com reports that only 11 states have pledged support for the measures, which would see the sale of …