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Sizable legal fees tops up costs in MumboJumbo case

Despite widespread scepticism concerning Sony’s virtual world Home, the service continues to track record user levels and is making a profit for the platform holder, PSN boss Peter Dille has confirmed. We had the highest traffic in December since we launched with 10m users worldwide,” the exec told IGN. The …

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A judge has topped up PopCap’s damages and fees payable to casual rival MumboJumbo, adding $2.7 million in legal fees to the $4.6 million damages awarded last week, following a jury verdict. Following a hearing in the 193rd Civil District Court inDallas County, JudgeCarl Ginsbergsaid he would enter an order …

Gameloft has posted its year-end results, with sales up 11 per cent to €122m. Growth was driven by iPhone game sales, up over 230 per cent to €18m ($25m). The French outfit has released dozens of iPhone and iPod Touch games in the last year including branded game heritage titles …

Musical chairs at Activision today – after less than a year on the job former Guitar Hero CEO Dan Rosensweig has left to pursue new career oportunities. He will be replaced by David Haddad, who becomes COO of Guitar Hero. Haddad formerly served as COO of Vivendi Games’ Sierra Online …

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The surprise news that Ubisoft’s Just Dance topped the All Formats Chart last month was, let’s be honest, a bit of a jaw-dropper. While the game had grown in popularity since its debut, rising from No.100 to No.3 in the space of six weeks, few would have expected it to …