Headlines today are likely to be taken up by Apple’s WWDC 2011 keynote, but with E3 2011 kicking off in earnest tomorrow, Tuesday June 7, there’s Nintendo’s big reveal to think about too. The company hasalready promised its next-gen console will make its debut at the show, and rumors continue to flourish about just what this “Wii 2″ will do – and what Nintendo will call it. If you thought “Wii” was an odd one, the latest suggestion is even stranger.
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After a lengthy offline period, the PlayStation Store is now fully functional, with Sony confirming that all PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable owners can now access the digital marketplace.
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In a move that is widely being interpreted as a lesson learned from Sony's heavy-handed response to the PS3 hacking and the subsequent network-wide outages that followed, Microsoft have chosen to instead nurture the talents of a 14-year old boy from Dublin, Ireland, who attempted to break into the Xbox LIVE network. The boy was responsible for a network-wide alert when Microsoft detected the intrusion and feared that personal information may have been compromised.
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When Sony announced that they would be increasing research and development costs speculation was high as to where the money was going. In a conference call made to investors to clarify the spending, Sony's executive vice president and chief financial officer Masaru Kato has confirmed that the company is at work on the successor to the PlayStation 3.
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Labour camp detainees endure hard labour by day, online 'gold farming' by night

As a prisoner at the Jixi labour camp, Liu Dali would slog through tough days breaking rocks and digging trenches in the open cast coalmines of north-east China. By night, he would slay demons, battle goblins and cast spells.
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EA bringing weapons and items pack to retailers this fall; bundle includes Back to Karkand pack, DAO-12 shotgun, SKS sniper rifle flash suppressor.

Though Electronic Arts has yet to officially affix a release date to its upcoming first-person shooter Battlefield 3, that hasn't stopped the publisher from announcing preorder incentives for it. ...