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Outspoken anti-games critic Michael Atkinson has said that he fears for the safety of his family thanks to ongoing threats from gamers due to his strict opposition of legislation that could legalise violent video games in Australia. The South Australian Attorney-General claimed last month that: I’m unlikely I’ll change my …

Blizzardâ??s Rob Pardo and Chair Entertainmentâ??s Donald Mustard add to plethora of speaker sessioons

An early look at the IGDA's biggest ever global QOL survey

SCEA to present the latest version of its prototype peripheral

Engine vendor ready to announce new move to expand platform support

Stable results despite decline in European sales; new CFO announced

EA has announced a fresh batch of online server shutdown that will this time leave owners of several next-gen titles unable to access the online component of some of their titles. The news follows confirmation of a large number of server shutdowns last month. Games affected in this round of …

Atari says it has steadied its rocky financial performances with a very slight year-on-year sales decline of 1.2% for the nine months ended December 31. The firm was helped by a strong performance in the U.S, which offset declines in Europe. European operations were down by 52.5% to €13.8 million …

Following warnings from the US over the weekend about PS3 hardware stock shortages in the region, Sony UK has admitted to MCV that the console is also in short supply in the UK. However, the platform holder hopes that the problems will be eased in the near future. Since we …