Newly established independent software vendor (ISV), Personal Audio, is targeting hardcore gamers with its surround sound audio software.

Tech companies have again dominated the top spots in the BRW Best Companies to Work for 2010 list.

Australian retailers have dismissed the threat posed by games publisher, Ubisoft, and the launch of its online sales portal.

Nintendo’s deal with major online merchant sites to stop selling R4 chips has done little to dampen the rampant piracy of games on the company’s handheld console.

Nintendo’s dominance of the games market has continued on the back of record profits, with new models of distribution looking to open more avenues for industry players.

Hostile, bullheaded, mercenary, uncreative, all words that spring to mind when considering Ubisoft and EA's new "always on" PC games policies for upcoming single-player games like Assassin's Creed 2, Silent Hunter 5, and Command & Conquer 4. In order to play any of the latter three, you must have an internet connection or the games won't load. Make that a continuous internet connection, meaning the internet (and presumably each game's respective authentication servers) must be accessible at all times, not just at launch. Unplug your Ethernet cable or disable your WLAN radio (or suffer through a server crash on EA or Ubisoft's part) and the games will simply cease to function.