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Today's top stories
Network services the "true battlefield" for home consoles
08:00 - Hardware, motion control and 3D are only incremental upgrades to the console business, says Square Enix
Development bodies soldier on after RDA and tax axe
09:21 - "Business as usual" says Codeworks; GameRepublic "urgently reassessing"
US product is top priority for Sega
08:51 - Publisher targets acquisitions or partnerships for aggressive expansion over the next 3-5 years
Today's feature
Square Enix' Yoichi Wada
The president on why network services are more important than technology upgrades
The rest of today's news
Sony clarifies PlayStation Plus pricing, downloads
10:03 - Free copy of LittleBigPlanet for early adopters, as first wave of downloads announced
RealNetworks shuts down internal games studio
11:41 - 85 staff laid off in Seattle and Europe as 25 per cent of execs feel the axe
Kinect used to promote Chevrolet Volt
10:23 - New electric car to feature in online ads and as download in Kinect Joy Ride
Bing gains new videogame features
08:41 - Search site offers casual games, plus core game reviews and walkthrough content
Mario Galaxy 2 back on top in Japanese charts
10:57 - Slow week for sales also sees Ghost Trick and Art Academy creep into top three
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