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Email and billing addresses, encrypted passwords and personal data has been breached

Perfect World Entertainment has confirmed the day on which it will flick the free-to-play switch for Star Trek Online. The game will be free and available to all on January 17th, Videogamer reports. Since its launch in 2010 the MMO has operated using a standard subscription model. However, the exodus …

Nvidia chip lauded for bringing 'console quality graphics' to platform

Just days ahead of the worldwide release of Modern Warfare 3, Activision has announced that its Call of Duty Elite service will not launch on PC alongside the game. Furthermore, it isn’t currently able to give an ETA. We’re as committed as ever to the PC, but the need to …

Global restructuring plan expected to save $128m in operational costs by 2012

Browser gaming will not move on if people are afraid to abandon pre-IE9 user base

Smash PC hit Minecraft has won the inaugural GameCity Prize, awarded on Saturday at GameCity6 in Nottingham. It’s the first time the event has awarded a GameCity prize. The judges panel included MP Tom Watson, comedian Charlie Higson and South Bank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly. The other games in …

Developer Mike Bithell says 2D platformer offers minimalist approach mixed with combination and complication

Siri, the ‘digital assistant’, that Apple bundles with the iPhone 4S,has been hackedto work on earlier Apple devices including the iPhone 4 and iPod Touch. iPhone hacker Steven Troughton-Smith demonstrated theported Siri in a video, adding that Siri was completely functional on the iPhone 4 despite the single core processor. …

Rocksteady and Sports Interactive games first and third in UK sales chart