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Sony has won its first major victory in the battle against PS3 homebrew enabler PSJailbreak. An Australian court placed a temporary injunction on imports or sales of the device last week. Today defendants OzModChips, Global Solutions International, Ryan Emmanuel and Ken Tolcher have been told they they have been permanently …
Read More »Deep Silver sets up digital team
iPad, XBLA and browser games are on the way from Koch’s Deep Silver label. The publishing outfit has revealed to MCV that it is actively expanding its business to include downloaded and online titles – alongside its successful boxed goods business. The future is going to be both online and …
Read More »Major expansion for Gem
Gem has announced a tactical restructure, opening a new warehouse facility, shuffling senior management and further expanding its presence in mainland Europe. The Group’s primary distribution division, Gem Logistics, has just opened the doors of a new warehouse site in Raunds, near Northampton. This new site is complementary to Gem’s …
Read More »Oddworld: Strangers Wrath goes HD
2005 Xbox release Oddworld: Strangers Wrath is to get an HD makeover and be re-released on Sony’s PlayStation Network. Its arrival will mark the first time an Oddworld game has appeared on a PlayStation console since 1998. Developed by Just Add Water, the game will boast 720p HD visuals and …
Read More »Activisions new gory racing game
The BBFC has revealed a new violent racing game from Activision called Blood Drive, which it has granted a 15 certificate. The only other details about the game come from a retail listing on Amazon, as spotted by CVG. Due for release in late October, the game apparently boast customisable …
Read More »PSN+ gets early PES 2011 demo
Konami has announced that a playable demo of Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 will be released on PS3 and PC on September 15th. However, subscribers to Sony’s premium PlayStation Plus service will be able to get their hands on it a week earlier on September 8th. A date for the Xbox …
Read More »US military bans Medal of Honor
Though Medal of Honor appears to have successfully ridden the turbulent waters of controversy in the UK, the game has suffered one retail ban in America. The US military has requested that retailer Gamestop not stock the title in any of its 49 stores located in US army and air …
Read More »Sony takes jailbreak fight to US
With a decision expected on Sony’s Australian injunction against the sale of PSJailbreak today, it has emerged that the American arm of the platform holder has joined the battle. Kotaku reports that SCEA has filed a lawsuit against Californian online retailer Zoomba LDC, alleging a number of copyright violations. It …
Read More »LA Noire officially delayed
As was predicted by Michael Pachter earlier this week, Take-Two has confirmed that LA Noire has seen its release date pushed back from this Q4 until some time in the first half of 2011. Every time we push the envelope creatively, it takes a while,” Strauss Zelnick stated in an …
Read More »OnLive announces wi-fi support
Ambitious cloud-computing based video games service OnLive will roll out an official wi-fi beta version of its service in September. The company has also lowered the minimum system requirement for OnLive. Users now need a 3Mbps internet connection, dual-core CPU and, for Macs, OS 10.5.8 or higher. Coupled with the …
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