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Read More »THQ Wireless restructuring leads to losses
THQ is restructuring its mobile division to focus on high-end games for iPhone, N-Gage, PSP and DS, and it seems that this has seen 75 per cent of the THQ Wireless workforce across three offices in the US and Europe made redundant, equivalent to about a hundred people. MCV’s sister …
Read More »Gerhard becomes Jagex CEO
Jagex has appointed Mark Gerhard as its new CEO, effective from February 2nd. Gerhard joined the firm in 2008 as its chief technology officer. He was previously at GTECH, where he was principle security architect for the National Lottery. To read the story in full, head over the MCV’s sister …
Read More »Sony: PS3 is still on track
Japanese electronics giant Sony has insisted that despite the f alling annual sales of its PS3 console , it is still on track to sell ten million units by the end of its financial year March 31st. The exact year-to-date sales of the console are not known, though Sony has …
Read More »Disney’s cut-backs won’t include UK Black Rock team
Develop source confirms that previously announced dev downsizing is US-only
Read More »Need for Speed reinvention revealed
Following the questions asked of the franchise just this morning , publisher EA has announced that its successful Need for Speed franchise is to get a radical three-SKU revamp in 2009, with the casual market being at the heart of the reinvention. MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz has the full story …
Read More »EA cuts Canadian dev jobs
Job losses reported at Canada's Burnaby studio and publisherâ??s Australian arm
Read More »Further job cuts rumoured at EA
The EA rumour mill has continued to grind this morning with talk of further lay offs in both Canada and Australia. Overnight speculation on Kotaku claims that EA Canada’s Burnaby studio will be the next to suffer lay offs, with the site claiming that up to 55 people have lost …
Read More »Killzone 2 web game inbound
A Killzone 2 web game is to be launched as a part of Sony’s 2 million marketing campaign . The game will be available to download for Firefox and Internet Explorer users, and invites players to fight in teams against the ‘Helghast threat’ MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz has all the …
Read More »Sony plots £4m Q1 ad blitz
SCE UK has gone on the offensive following y esterday’s report of falling hardware sales , with a mammoth 4 million Q1 marketing assault. The firm has set aside 2 million for next month’s triple-A FPS, Killzone 2, while the rest will be split between Sony’s Q1 PSP range, SingStar …
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