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A Washington court has ordered rumble firm Immersion to pay Microsoft $20.75 million in damages as a result of Sony licensing the company’s technology for use in its revised PS3 joypad, the Dualshock 3. In the build up to the release of the next-gen consoles, Microsoft paid Immersion to use …

GAME has slashed prices on last generation software in the run up to the Bank Holiday weekend. Previously-owned Xbox, GameCube and selected PS2 titles can be bought in packs of three for just 10, with one GAME store manager telling MCV that they’re clearing shelf space in time for the …

It appears that Square Enix’s colossally hyped Final Fantasy XIII won’t be receiving an Asian territory release on Xbox 360 after all – despite claims at a recent Taiwanese press conference to the contrary . Having announced at E3 that Final Fantasy XIII would be released on Xbox 360 in …

Microsoft was coy about its Rock Band 2 exclusivity deal when it was unveiled at E3 recently – but now it seems that its agreed deal to see the game locked out from PS3 could last for just one month. Eagle-eyed Spong has noticed that a handful of North American …

Some tend to forget that the now-legendary E3 announcement that Final Fantasy XIII is to release on both Xbox 360 and PS3 also contained the news that the title would remain PS3-only in Japan – but some sort of Asian release does now seem to be on the cards. Kotaku …

Blossoming games publisher 505 Games has announced that it is to bring Arc System Works’ 2D fighter Battle Fantasia to Xbox 360 and PS3 in the first quarter of 2009. Developed by the same team that handled cult fighting series Guilty Gear, Battle Fantasia is heavily influenced by Japanese fantasy …

Microsoft revealed that it would be scrapping charges for Games for Windows Live at Gamefest 08 last week – but has confirmed to MCV that it won’t be doing the same for Xbox 360 service. The Games for Windows fees, introduced last year, are now being waived as part of …

Ubisoft has announced that it is to publish From Software’s curiously titled latest in its mech battler series, Armored Core for Answer, on Xbox 360 and PS3 this October. The game is set in a pollution-ridden future where the world’s populace fear that the planet’s end is approaching. The title …

GAMEFEST 08: Format-holder has â??no short term planâ?? for games with UGC â?? but says devs are welcome to try

If there’s one thing that was evident from Sony’s E3 conference it was the firm’s confidence in its range of platforms, and in particular the PS3 – and this self-belief has now been backed up by news that North American sales of the PS3 in June were very nearly double …