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Garry’s Mod and Rust developer Garry Newman has defended Markus ‘Notch’ Persson from the criticism he has faced following his sale of Mojang to Microsoft. Specifically, Newman thinks that an employer’s obligations to staff outrank any other concern and would much rather see a studio’s workers receive a bumper pay …

The PlayStation business may be buoyant, but significant struggles in the mobile sector are causing havoc with Sony’s financials. For the full year ending March 2015 Sony now expects full year losses to reach 230bn (1.3bn). That’s nearly five times greater than its previous estimate of 50bn (286m). It’s the …

Bungie is likely to miss out on a Quality Bonus” totaling $2.5m over inadequate review scores for Destiny, according to a new report. Kotaku points to a clause in the 10-year contract Bungie signed with Activision in 2010 that states the first Destiny title would need a score of 90 …

German social games firm hires LINE veteran to lead operations

And House of Mouse has been talking to Nintendo about Amiibo

EA CEO Andrew Wilson is celebrating a year in the job, and pledging that its customers will come first in the future. "I still have a job which is an accomplishment in itself," he joked when asked by Polygon how his first year has gone. Of what his goals are …

First crowdfunding projects will be live on October 21st

Xbox boss touts cloud tech to power 'richer and faster worlds'

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said that Microsoft’s acquisition of Mojang will not result in the game being dropped on rival platforms. At Microsoft, we believe in the power of content to unite people,” he said. Minecraft adds diversity to our game portfolio and helps us reach new gamers across …

As expected, Microsoft’s acquisition of Minecraft creators Mojang has been confirmed. The deal is worth $2.5bn and will result in the departure of the company’s three founders – Markus Persson, Carl Manneh and Jakob Porser. Change is scary, and this is a big change for all of us. It’s going …