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Super Smash Bros Brawl developer working on original Wii outing for Ubisoft
Read More »IGF Mobile confirms finalists
Entrees double for independent game awards
Read More »Staff review at GAME as key roles switch south
GAME Group is looking to consolidate its head office teams, incurring job losses at its York base as a result. A consultation process affecting up to 80 roles has now begun, as the retail chain unifies all key management in Basingstoke. Gamestation managing director Martyn Gibbs will move south, taking …
Read More »Microsoft insists Zune is here to stay
Following speculation that Microsoft could be looking to ditch its MP3 player Zune following a severe drop in sales, the platform holder has told MCV that it is committed to its digital music brand. A spokesperson for the firm told MCV: Zune now has over three million devices, and more …
Read More »Microsoft to ditch Zune?
With Microsoft currently in the middle of a wide-scale reorganisation following a less than perfect financial posting , the future of the firm’s iPod-rivalling MP3 player Zune has been thrown into doubt, Silicon Alley Insider speculates. The firm’s financials revealed that sales of the MP3 player were down 54 per …
Read More »Black Rock initially â??nervousâ?? about Disney acquisition
Pure developer provides frank retrospective on life after independence
Read More »PSP 2 rumours are nonsense"
Clearly the rumour won’t go away until the day a new machine is finally announced, but again overnight talk has emerged of alleged details of Sony’s PSP 2 – and again, sources at Sony have completely denied them. IGN states that several credible sources” have told it that PSP 2 …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Attorney General defends lack of R18+ certificate
South Australian attorney general Michael Atkinson has defended the Classification Board’s refusal to introduce an 18 age rating for video games released in the territory, claiming that games are potentially more harmful than movies. I don’t support the introduction of an R18+ rating for electronic games, chiefly because it will …
Read More »Future endures challenging quarter for games portfolio
Future Publishing has blamed ‘tough conditions at the newstands’ for an unspectacular, if resilient, trading update for the three months to December 31st, 2008. The US and UK company revealed that Games – its single biggest portfolio, comprising 32 per cent of its business in FY08 – had a challenging …
Read More »Philips announces 6,000 job losses
TV and electricals manufacturer Philips has become the latest tech firm to announce large-scale job cuts with news the company is to cut its global workforce by 6,000 people by the end of the year. The announcement follows Philips’ loss of 1.4bn for the final quarter of 2008 – the …
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