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A scheme headed up by intellectual property enforcement coordinator Victoria Espinel is urging Obama’s US administration to dedicate 50 full-time FBI agents to a new drive aimed at tackling IP theft. Its remit would include both physical and online piracy in the music, film and video games sectors. We deeply …

The release of Fable III on PC heralds yet another fresh dawn for Microsoft and its commitment to Games for Windows. That seems to be the suggestion from a leaked internal Q&A document obtained by Kotaku which reads as follows: Q: Does "Fable III" on Windows signal a larger reinvestment …

Frontier boss Braben says subsidy was a double edged sword for UK gov

The world’s largest third party publisher has admitted that it is concerned” about the price point of both Sony’s Move and Microsoft’s Kinect. Though Sony’s Move appears fairly cheap on the face of it, with a Move controller costing 39.99 and the Starter Bundle costing 49.99, the pennies soon add …

The tie-up between acclaimed Japanese developer Level 5 and cult anime house Studio Ghibli is one of the more interesting releases on the 2010 calendar, and now a PS3 version of the game has been confirmed. Andriasang reports that details of the console version of Ni no Kuni: The Another …

The Xbox Live Gold Family Pack will cost 69.99 for UK 360 owners. Microsoft confirmed the price of the new Gold subscription pack to Eurogamer, giving it a relatively similar price point to the US version. Consumers across the pond will have to pay $99 for a year, which currently …

The BBC has confirmed that it intends to bring the new and improved iPlayer 3 application to the PS3. BBC product manager Simon Cross told TechRadar that the update has already been planned in as part of iPlayer’s 2010 roadmap. iPlayer 3 was rolled out online at the beginning of …

Sell-out expected for creative sector's biggest night of the year

Nintendo of America’s COO and president Reggie Fils-Aime has attacked the belief that sales of Wii software are tracking below the industry norm. Speaking to investors, the colourful exec claimed: Life-to-date software sales for the Wii are dramatically higher than a similar point in time for the PS2. As for …

The digital distribution offering for the 3DS will be different to that seen with the likes of DS or Wii, Nintendo president Saturo Iwata has stated. I can’t go into detail on what the plans are today, but of course, with a device like Nintendo 3DS, we do intend to …