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The Government’s apparent backing down over plans to cut off the internet connection of those found guilty of file-sharing copyrighted material has been dismissed by campaign body Open Rights Groups. It claims that while Number 10 has on the face of it distanced itself from talk of disconnecting individuals, the …

In a lengthy response to a petition calling for Government to abandon Business Secretary Peter Mandelson’s plans to disconnect the internet connections of file-sharers, Number 10 has seemingly confirmed that it is distancing itself from the proposals. Mandelson has previously expressed his approval of France’s controversial three-strikes-an-you’re-out” policy, and last …

Battlefield 3 has been in production for three years, according to ex-DICE Canada’s studio manager Fredrik Liliegren. He told Gaming Union: I know what DICE were talking about on the PC side for Battlefield 3, and they haven’t announced any of that yet, after three years.” Liliegren has previously worked …

Kai and Charles Huang will stick with the publisher, group confirms to Develop

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has again talked up the British game industry, claiming that the nation’s developers are "by far the biggest producer of computer games in Europe." Brown’s comments were made at the Global Investment Conference in London, where he and the business secretary Lord Mandelson offered assurance …

Prime Minister boasts the UKâ??s position within Europe, not globally

Capcom’s iPhone adaptation of combo-heavy 2.5D brawler Street Fighter IV will be released on the App Store next month and will cost $9.99, the publisher has announced. Speaking with GamePro, the company also confirmed that the game will feature just eight characters – less than half of the 19 that …

A solution is on the way for the ongoing piracy challenge that Sony believes is the platform’s biggest problem” – that’s the claim of SCEA’s senior VP of publisher relations Rob Dyer. The biggest problem that plagued PSP was piracy – we have not been able to slow that down,” …

As the Californian mobile games group raises a further $25 million

Platform holder Microsoft has refused to clarify comments made by BBC presenter Jonathan Ross that appeared to confirm an October launch for the Xbox 360 motion-sensing camera Natal. Following a hands-on with the device, Ross said on Twitter last night that Microsoft has until October and if they get it …