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PS3 modchip banned in Australia
Temporary block may signal forthcoming worldwide injunction attempts for USB jailbreak
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Survey: Only 2% of UK considering 3DTV purchase
But retailers claim high interest – 15% of John Lewis TV sales are 3D
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New console expected for China
PC maker Lenovo working on 'eBox' for piracy-riddled emerging market
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$2bn in online game acquisitions expected in 2010
$868.9m in deals in Q3 alone - plus total game market now worth $105bn, claims Avista
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Microsoft: 360 Sky Player use equivalent to a top 5 title
Plus Jerry Johnson claims Live has not abandoned the hardcore
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Chrome Web Store's rocky road
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Game-only UK TV channel confirmed
Ginx, from the makers of GameFace, arrives on cable and satellite in November
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CrowdStar takes on Japan
Happy Aquarium dev goes head to head with Zynga in emerging social market
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5% of Steam users play on a Mac
New Valve stats show decline in OSX take-up, as Windows 7 slowly rises
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Google gaming tsar gone after four months
Developer advocate DeLoura steps down just a week after GDC Europe appearance
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id's Tim Willits
The co-owner and lead designer on iPhone, Romero, Carmack, Zenimax and Rage
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id: iPhone is "additive" to core titles
"Only John Carmack could whip out a game in his spare time" – Willits
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Google Web Store: new business model or gamble?
Unity, InstantAction, PopCap and Google execs discuss the possibilities of the desktop App store rival
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Senior management blamed for RTW collapse
Former staff allege bosses at fault, while final month's wages remain unpaid
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Online publishers cautious of Google's social game plan
PopCap, PlayFirst and Monumental execs discuss whether Google can take down Facebook
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APB draws just 130,000 registered players
Active figures undisclosed, but MMO has highest average revenue per paying player, claim administrators
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Modding returns to Call of Duty
Treyarch confirms user-made content is "non-trivial" as restriction lifted for Black Ops
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Halo: Reach is Microsoft's biggest-ever marketing spend
Media campaign to top $6.5m, and involves a laser-wielding robot
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NPD: 10% of US social gamers have made virtual purchases
Survey claims 57m Americans are on the Facebook game bandwagon – 20% of the population
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World of Warcraft: Lich King finally launches in China
NetEase releases second WarCraft expansion after two year delay
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EA: Game budgets have peaked
Costs are "moving in the reverse direction again" says DeMartini; consumers better informed before making purchases
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EA Partners' David DeMartini
On APB, Respawn, Metacritic and changing budgets for the industry
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Latest Halo reaches filesharing sites a month early
Microsoft "aggressively investigating" leak of 7GB game from Xbox Live