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Projects cancelled as stock plummets and game releases are abandoned

The Bank of Japan has pledged to pump in the region of 100bn into the Japanese economy as the nation wakes up to stock market instability in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit the region last week. Upon closing the value of the Nikkei was down 6.18 per …

According to NPD numbers Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect peripherals is consistently outselling Sony’s rival PS3 Move controller by a ratio of 5:1, according to Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. "Under one-fifth of PS3 sales included bundles with Sony’s Move controller, suggesting another modest month," he wrote in a note to …

The arrival of two new handheld platforms will bring high-end mobile technologies to the market, but also a significant increase in project budgets, according to developers working in the field. One studio head told Develop that 3DS launch titles clearly have budgets two-to-three times what typical DS games have seen …

Sony’s plans to shake up the smartphone market are taking shape ahead of the UK launch of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. The device will launch on Thursday, March 31st, with six games pre-installed. Sony Ericsson says it is being backed by its biggest UK marketing campaign ever, and is being …

The current iPhone and Android app models are not good enough for gaming, says SCEE chief Andrew House. His comments come ahead of the launch of PlayStation Suite, a cross-platform system for PlayStation games that run on both mobiles and NGP. House says Suite can become a ‘destination for games’ …

Both Sony and Nintendo have hit back with new platforms to take on iOS, but what does 3DS and NGP mean for game developers?

The patent disagreement between LG and Sony has been lifted – freeing 300,000 stranded PS3s in Holland. Last month LG was granted a preliminary injunction against Sony for an infringement on Blu-ray technology, but now InsideGamer is reporting this has been lifted. The injunction resulted in 300,000 PS3s being held …

The ongoing patent disagreement between PS3 platform holder Sony and Korean electricals manufacturer LG has hit the courts today, revealing the true extent of the debate. Dutch site InsideGamer reports that as many as 300,000 machines are currently being held by authorities, with 250k being seized at the ports of …

Today’s arrival of the 3.60 PS3 software patch may have won more headlines for its introduction of cloud game save storage, but its effects may have a far larger impact. Digital Foundry reports that the patch also seems to close the security loopholes that have opened the console up to …