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Whether or not the previous owners of Swedish file-sharing portal The Pirate Bay succeed in over-turning their prosecution in the increasingly protracted legal saga, it seems that The Pirate Bay as we know it is no longer. Swedish software firm and internet caf network Global Gaming Factory X is reported …

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A new report from GameSetWatch shows that to date only one Sony published PS3 exclusive title, Insomniac’s Resistance: Fall of Man, has sold over 1m units in North America in the two and a half years that PS3 has been on the market. The only other title to even near …

Games market analyst Michael Pachter has stated that the pre-owned games market in North Ameica is worth around $2bn annually, with 100m units sold in stores across the region each year. A quick calculation will tell you that the average sale price of a pre-owned title is $20 (12). The …

Entertainment giant HMV Group has seen its annual revenues rise 4.4 per cent to 1.96 billion for the financial year ending April 25th. After tax profits have reached 44.2 million, an increase of 18.4 per cent over the year before. Like-for-like sales for HMV UK and Ireland rose 1.9 per …

Obsidian confirms Sega-published game is cancelled

Sony Computer Entertainment’s Kunimasa Suzuki, who has been with the company since 1984, has now assumed a new role as the company’s deputy president. As reported by Gamasutra, Suzuki will also maintain his current responsibilities as SCE networked products and services executive. Suzuki is to focus his efforts on Sony’s …

SCE networked products exec to work with Kazuo Hirai