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As speculation has suggested, Sony is to launch an iTunes-rivaling digital music service for a number of its home entertainment products. Though technically it sounds impressive the branding could perhaps do with a little work – it’s called ‘Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity’.

UK studio Jagex has lost its bid for a preliminary injunction against the makers of a third-party bot allowing players to cheat in the popular MMO Runescape. Impulse Software, the makers of various game hacks, threw a spanner in Jagex’s business plan with ‘iBot’ – an autopilot program that allows Runescape characters to level-up without players tending to the game.

Games publisher Adult Swim has reduced all of its titles to a 99c price tag to celebrate Labour Day.

Finland based developer RedLynx is dipping its toes in Nintendo’s digital service, WiiWare. The developer – which won fame for its XBLA stunt title, Trials HD – is building a similar side-scrolling physics-based racer for Nintendo’s flagship home console.

Social games platform OpenFeint has announced the upcoming release of PlayTime, a multiplayer technologies set for mobile developers using the yet-to-be-launched OpenFeint 3.0.

Barclaycard has released its Rollercoaster Extreme advergame for iPad, following its success on iPhone. The game, developed by Fishlabs and agency Dare, is based on Barclaycard’s recent rollercoaster-themed TV campaign.

Apple has confirmed that the newly introduced iOS 4.1 will include the long-awaited Game Center. The online community support platform for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad will allow Apple platform gamers to enjoy similar functionality to that offered to Xbox Live and OpenFeint users.

Team 17’s co-founder and business development director Martyn Brown has told MCV that his company’s shunning of traditional publishing in favour of new digital distribution channels has done wonders for the Worms franchise.

US mobile content revenues will rise from $1.5 billion this year to $3.5 billion in 2014, according to a new report from eMarketer. The company has split those between three content areas: mobile games, mobile video and mobile music.

Publisher EA has announced that it is bringing its children’s’ virtual world Littlest Pet Shop Online to the UK this September.