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Sony’s PS4 has commanded a greater share of online web traffic across five leading retail websites in the UK. That’s according to new data from SimilarWeb.com which analyses website activity. Note that specialist retailers such as GAME obviously see a higher percentage of their traffic devoted to games. The share …

Videogamer has smashed its traffic records last month thanks to major new editorial changes. The firm has ditched long reviews, instead focusing on shorter 300-word pieces, alongside in-depth features. It has also ramped up its video output. Since February, its YouTube subscribers have risen from 4,000 to 71,000. Return visits …

The creator of hit mobile game Draw Something is dead following Zynga’s decision to axe the OMGPOP website. OMGPOP.com will close on September 30th to make way for new and exciting gaming opportunities”, according to Zynga. Both Draw Something games and Draw My Thing will remain active but titles such …

Crysis developer Crytek has warned users that their personal details may have been accessed in a website breach. The studio took four of its websites offline over the weekend – Crytek.com, MyCrysis.com, Crydev.net and MyCryenginge.com. Each carried the following message: "We recently became aware of suspicious activity relating to some …

Apple’s developer centre is currently offline and a message warns visitors that an attempt was made to access secure personal information of registered developers. A Turkish security researcher now claims that he was responsible for the violation, which he claims has exposed flaws in Apple’s system. Last Thursday [July 18th], …

Nintendo has confirmed a breach of security on the Japanese version of the Club Nintendo website. Kotaku reports that the platform holder says it noticed a unusually high number of errors were noticed on the site on July 2nd, at which point it launched an investigation. That discovered that 23,000 …

The future of 2K Games’ promised XCOM shooter is in doubt. DigitalTrends noticed that the game’s official website is no longer accessible. Users are now greeted with a 404 error message – that means the servers are active but the content has either been blocked or removed. Furthermore, the XCOM …

Administrators Deloitte have taken HMV’s website offline. In its place is a message explaining that: HMV.com has been suspended following the appointment of the Joint Administrators. No purchases can be made until further notice.” HMV management has previously insisted that existing orders are still being processed and will be honoured. …

Future Publishing’s independent Nintendo-focused magazine Nintendo Gamer printed its final issue today. Nintendo Gamer will continue to run its website but the magazine will cease to exist. The magazine’s editor Nick Ellis wrote a farewell note in the final issue stating that the move "draws the curtain on 20 years …

MCV’s sister site Music Week, the globally renowned b2b media brand at the heart of the music industry, has unveiled a brand new version of its websitewww.musicweek.com. The much needed overhaul comes less than a year after the brand was acquired by independent trade publisher Intent Media and follows a …