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US authorities look to ban violent games that don't exist
Massachusetts assemblywoman Linda Stender wants to introduce legislation to ban mature-rated arcade games.
EA shutting The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society
Three of EA’s Facebook titles are facing the chop.
GAME and Codies team up for GRID 2 lock-ins
Upcoming racer GRID 2 is to get its own round of GAME lock-ins later this month.
Japanese gamers face RRP hike for Tomb Raider language support
Tomb Raider fans in Japan are being asked to buy $30 worth of additional content if purchasing the game on Steam.
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Blackberry Z10: "Returns outnumbering sales"
The new flagship Blackberry Z10 seems to be in danger of turning into a commercial disaster.
Hilco to cut 400 HMV jobs - report
New HMV owner Hilco will cut a further 400 jobs at the entertainment retailer, according to reports.
Three weeks at the top for BioShock: Infinite
BioShock Infinite remains the boss of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week.
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Xbox Live downtime serves as timely reminder of connected console perils
Many UK and American players were left unable to log into Xbox Live over the weekend.
Steam top ten sellers chart: April 6-13
Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling products chart for the week ending on April 13th.
More EA layoffs reported at Galway office
EA has cut a number of staff at its customer service branch in Galway.
Retail version of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition delayed
The retail launch for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been pushed back to June.
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MCV Jobs Weekly: Asda's Locke leads Amazon games team
In MCV's weekly roundup of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Asda hires a new games boss and we look at the best vacancies.
IAP IN PICTURES: 10 games that broke the in app payment mould
The Office of Fair Trading this morning announced that it is to investigate in app purchase strategies employed by video games publishers.
OPINION: Office of Fair Trading's F2P scrutiny mustn't be a witch hunt - but must be honest
Forgive me for opening with an 'As a parent' introduction.
Free-to-play Tekken Card Tournament passes 1m downloads
Namco Bandai's free-to-play spin off for the Tekken series has been downloaded for smartphones and tablets more than 1m times.
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Celebrate 25 years of Mastertronic
April 1st, 2013 marked the 25th anniversary of the Mastertronic Group, the long-serving UK publisher and distributor that began life as The Producers.
UKIE pledges to work with OFT in IAP investigation
UK video games trade body UKIE has said that it will assist the Office of Fair Trading in its investigation into in-app-payments.
Hackers target online games firms
A hacking group has been targeting game companies for years in order to steal source code, an antivirus report has found.
Free-to-play Ridge Racer Driftopia announced for PC, PS3
A new Ridge Racer has been announced – although it’s probably not the game you expected.
25 YEARS OF MASTERTRONIC: The heroes of Mastertronic
Mastertronic has worked with virtually every major games firm and executive in the world. Andy Payne offers his thanks to some of the Group’s most important partners and friends
Markus 'Notch' Persson currently ranked as the second most influential person in the world
The creator of indie gaming hit Minecraft is in the running to be named as the second most influential person in the world.
25 YEARS OF MASTERTRONIC: Timeline
For over 25 years, Mastertronic has been responsible for bringing some the biggest titles to market and worked with some industry icons.
