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With piracy rife in the Wii, Xbox 360, DS and PSP markets, the PS3 has to date proved the only current-gen machine to successfully fend off the hackers – but it seems that things could be about to change. According to reports on Maxconsole, a lengthy and convoluted workaround has …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was the most pirated game of 2009 according to BitTorrent tracking statistics, Gamasutra reports. Of those downloads 4.1m were of the PC version whilst 970k were of the Xbox 360 version. The PS3 remains piracy free for the time being. An interesting thought to …

Though Christmas day is behind us, IP holders have been given a late festive present with news that another high-profile BitTorrent site – Gary Fung’s IsoHunt – has been closed following a successful prosecution in California. A US District Court judge found that Fung and his site had infringed copyright …

John Riccitiello has stated that the emerging force that is post-release downloadable content is the key tool in battling both the pre-owned market and piracy. The consumer seems to really like this idea that there is extra stuff,” Riccitiello told Nightly Business Report. The consumer wants more, and when you …

Platform holder Nintendo is to back the appeal of prosecutors who have said they intend to challenge a recent court ruling from a French judge in favour of Flash card manufacturer Divineo. Upon dismissing the case on Monday, the judge accused Nintendo of deliberately locking out developers from its range …

In a blow to its ongoing battle against video game piracy, platform holder Nintendo has lost a lawsuit against a manufacturer of a DS Flash card. Ruling in favour of the Divineo Group, a French judge accused Nintendo of deliberately locking out developers from its range of hardware, adding that …

The UK Government has detailed its plans to combat piracy as a part of its Digital Economy Bill. The proposed bill was revealed during The Queen’s speech, and involves a two-stage process. Firstly, the Government will attempt to educate users on file-sharing, and those that are identified as illegal file-sharers …

Square Enix CEO Wada says user-generated content could curtail illegal copies

In a move that could prove an important milestone in the battle against console modding, the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by Worcestershire-based modchip seller Christopher Gilham. Gilham was found guilty of selling modchips in late 2008 but later challenged the assumption that playing copied games on a …