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• In Pictures: 10 most excellent free Android games

  By Jon Gold | 13 February, 2013 08:50

  No money? Need entertainment? No problem.

• Valve starts push toward Linux gaming

  By Jon Gold | 22 January, 2013 18:15

  PC game publisher Valve has upped the stakes on its move to bring a more robust gaming presence to Linux, advertising the Linux beta of its Steam distribution service directly to Windows-based gamers.

• Sportsbet manages Melbourne Cup spikes with storage array

  By Hamish Barwick | 06 November, 2012 09:05

  When punters place their bets with online wagering company, Sportsbet for today's Melbourne Cup, storage arrays in Melbourne and Darwin will help manage traffic spikes.

• Zynga reportedly buys Astro Ape

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 18 August, 2011 03:44

  Zynga has acquired mobile games start-up Astro Ape, according to Business Insider, which notes that Astro Ape employees are changing their place of employment on LinkedIn.

• Zynga sued for alleged patent infringement

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 18 August, 2011 06:47

  Zynga has been sued in a federal district court in Delaware for allegedly infringing on two patents obtained in the 1990's by Agincourt Gaming.

• Sony Distribution Center torched in London riots

  By Matt Peckham | 10 August, 2011 00:01

  Rioters in London apparently set Sony's Enfield-based DADC (Digital Audio Disc Corporation) facility ablaze last night, reducing the massive disc distribution center to flames and smoke. The massive multi-story, 20,000 square meter building would have likely contained stock tied to multiple mediums, ranging from music labels to video games to movies and more.

• Microsoft's Xbox TV service may be near

  By Brennon Slattery | 06 June, 2011 04:51

  Streaming TV may soon be coming to an Xbox near you.

• Angry Birds comes to Windows--No browser required

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 03 June, 2011 08:11

  Rovio's quest to bring its über-popular Angry Birds to every computing platform known to humankind shows no signs of letting up.

• Mobile game on! Xperia Android 'PlayStation phone' arrives

  By Rodney Gedda | 03 June, 2011 10:12

  Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson has announced its Xperia Play Android will be available from Telstra and Optus from June 8.

• PlayStation Network users fed up, but not ready to leave

  By David Daw | 20 May, 2011 09:22

  Sony PlayStation Network users are fed up with chronic outages, corporate doublespeak, and a lack of network playtime. But their bark may be worse than their bite. A completely unscientific look at the loyalty of Sony PSN customers suggest a willingness to forgive Sony for its woes and forget the headaches as of late.

• Sony denies PSN hack, confirms PSN Web exploit

  By Matt Peckham | 19 May, 2011 23:46

  The PlayStation Network wasn't hacked so much as threatened yesterday when a password exploit accessible through its PSN web page login page came to light, claims Sony.

• PSN apology: What else would you have Sony do?

  By Matt Peckham | 18 May, 2011 01:08

  Now that the PlayStation Network’s back, Sony’s trotting out something it's calling a "PlayStation Network and Qriocity Customer Appreciation Program," prompting cries of "too much" or "too little" in certain press channels.

• Skills shortage as Aussie gaming industry booms

  By Chloe Herrick | 18 May, 2011 10:59

  Australians are expected to spend $5.8 billion on computer and online games over the next four years however a lack of locally available skills available to the country's gaming industry could see it miss out on this boom.

• Sony shifts blame back to Anonymous for PSN attack

  By Ed Oswald | 06 May, 2011 08:59

  In a response to a congressional inquiry into the hack of the PlayStation Network, Sony appears to have shifted the blame back to the hacktivist group Anonymous.

• Sony Online Entertainment hacked, 12,700 credit cards stolen

  By Matt Peckham | 03 May, 2011 09:24

  Not quite out of the frying pan, but into the fire anyway: Sony just acknowledged another network breach related to the first one.