Earlier this year we reported that the Entertainment Software Association of Canada was seeking to jail pirates and target mod-chips.

Today, the ESA has praised the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and York Police Service for a recent raid on retailers selling pirated software at Pacific Mall in Markham, Ontario.

To quote: After a two month investigation, authorities seized...

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Zipper Interactive Sr. Community Manager Jeremy Dunham has officially announced today that their Massive Action Game (MAG) Beta 4 for Sony's PS3 console starts today.

To quote: I wanted to share some news regarding our latest MAG beta program that we’re kicking off right now. Starting today, we’ve officially moved into our next Beta phase – Beta 4.

We’ve made...

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Update: As expected, Microsoft has defended their stance on banning modified XBox 360 consoles.

Reports now indicate that the fresh wave of Microsoft bans on modified consoles has resulted in systems not only being banned from XBox Live, but also removing the ability to install games to the HDD, forbidding the use of Windows Media Centre extender, and not allowing the retrieval of...

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Today Sony Computer Entertainment Canada's Public Relations Specialist Kyle Moffatt has announced that Canadians now have a chance to win Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Fortune Hunter Edition for the PS3 system.

To quote: Canadian PlayStation gamers and fans alike are passionate and vocal and it’s awesome. I get a lot of feedback via email and Twitter asking if we can get Canadians...

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SCEA's Director of Development Seth Luisi has announced today that the MAG PS3 Public Beta update v1.30 is now available.

To quote: This morning we released a new MAG Public Beta update. The new MAG Public Beta update includes a new PSN Title update (version 1.30) and new game data.

This new MAG Public Beta release includes over 8,000 updates and fixes, too many to...

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SCEA's Director of Development Seth Luisi has revealed that the MAG (Massive Action Game) PS3 pre-order Public Beta is now open, and has detailed the hours below.

To quote: Today a whole new group of operatives joined the Shadow War. October 12 marks the start of the GameStop and EB Games pre-order MAG Public Beta period.

At 10:00 AM this morning, all those who...

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According to Rod Humble, Head of the EA Play Label, EA has now fully embraced the Wii and the Nintendo DS by adding words, pictures, pets and more.

Press Release: Words, Pictures, Pets And More! - EA Announces Diverse Lineup Of DSiWare Titles

SCRABBLE, MySims Camera and LITTLEST PET SHOP Amongst EA Titles Coming This Fall

Redwood City, Calif., - September...

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As part of a Sony and Papa John's promotional event, you can now order a Papa John's Pizza right from your PS3 system browser until September 27, 2009.

Just click on the Papa John's button on the PS3 system browser homepage and check out special offers from Papa John's.

To quote: "Sony continues their marketing blitz with the PS3. You can now order a fresh, hot Papa John's...

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Sony PSP Marketing Manager Kristin Neirinckx has announced today details of a new Limited Edition Gran Turismo PSP Entertainment Pack on the PlayStation Blog, as follows:

As we announced at E3, Gran Turismo, the franchise that has revolutionized the racing category by offering true-to-life graphics and authentic physics technology and design, is coming to the PSP system on October 1....

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Naughty Dog's Senior Manager of Marketing Communications Arne Meyer has announced today that Uncharted 2 for PS3 was dubbed GamesCom's best console game.

To quote: Just last week, one of our Senior Character Artists, Hanno, and I hopped on a plane to head over to Cologne, Germany, to work at Europe’s biggest videogames show, Gamescom. It turns out that we absolutely had no idea...

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