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Zune HD, Microsoft have lost it

Well, as repeatedly predicted on here, we have the Zune to take on the world. And they haven’t put a phone in it! Features: Wi Fi internet access. Widescreen multitouch […]

Keith Vaz

As regular readers will know Keith Vaz, who is a member of parliament and chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, has been a persistent critic of video games. He […]

Thieves must cost Nintendo billions a year, stealing games that should have been paid for. Mostly using the R4 device. It appears that at long last Nintendo have got their […]

The game market is very quiet

Sales are slumped in the game market worldwide. And it is not the recession. It is the stupid lemming like industry insistence on releasing most major titles in Q4. So […]

Sims 3 pirated

So the Sims 3 is available to steal online two weeks before it is in the shops. This is one of Electronic Arts’ major releases of the year and has […]

Sega losses continue

SEGA Sammy  lost JPY 22.8 billion (US$ 239 million) in the financial year to March 31, 2009, an improvement from losses of JPY 52.4 billion (USD 550 million) in the […]