As one of the big first person shooter franchises out there, Battlefield 3 has a lot to prove, especially with a certain Modern Warfare 3 also aiming at the lucrative Xmas market. FULL STORY >

Digital game distribution client Steam has been hacked, and the company reported that it is investigating whether credit card details could have been compromised. FULL STORY >

LG SA unveils its monster ARX9000 AV Receiver system that sports 1580 Watt of ear-drum bursting sound power. FULL STORY >

McAfee explains why cybercrime is a growing problem, and why security is so essential. FULL STORY >

In this week's Gaming News Round-up, a trio of Game of Throne games will be making their way to your console or PC in 2012, whilst Ubisoft lines up yet another Assassin's Creed game for 2012. FULL STORY >

Asus has announced the first quad-core tablet, which will launch in early December. FULL STORY >

Search giant Google announces that it will be ceasing support for the Gmail App for BlackBerry this month. FULL STORY >

Samsung has showcased its 4G LTE offerings at AfricaCom and elaborated on the role next generation communications can play in Africa. FULL STORY >

Market research firm IHS iSuppli sees ultrabook sales climbing rapidly to eventually snap up more than 40% of the notebook sales landscape by 2015. FULL STORY >

RIM and Cell C have revealed that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is now available to Cell C customers. FULL STORY >

Nvidia makes its quad-core Tegra 3 system-on-a-chip official, which was formerly known as Project Kal-El. FULL STORY >

Panasonic has announced that it will add two tablets to its Toughbook range. FULL STORY >

Mozilla releases the latest version of its web browser, Firefox 8, for Windows PCs, Linux and Mac computers, as well as Firefox for Android. FULL STORY >

Search giant Google introduces Google Pages for businesses and brands, to allow organisations to promote themselves on its social network. FULL STORY >

Adobe has announced job cuts as it pursues a digital media and digital marketing strategy. FULL STORY >