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Adam Hopkinson has joined the IGN UK team as commercial director. He joins from Target Media, where he worked for 12 years – most recently in the role of group trading director. He will now lead IGN’s sales team, operating across the company’s film, games and lifestyle brands and reporting …
Read More »THQ downsizes Kaos, Volition
Over thirty employees working for THQ have been made redundant, the publisher has confirmed. A spokesperson said 17 workers are to leave New York studio Kaos, while 16 people are to lose their jobs at Illinois outfit Volition. THQ said it needed to adjust workforce numbers at Volition to fit …
Read More »SOE closes three studios
Sony Online Entertainment has made deep cuts to its organisation today confirming previous rumours. 205 developers have been released as three studios – in Denver, Seattle and Tucson – are shut down. Spy MMO The Agency has also been dropped as part of the shrink, with teams now refocused on …
Read More »Epic: ‘If Apple continues at this rate…’
'...iOS devices could be capable of Unreal DX11 technology in two years'
Read More »Mobile game concerns ‘a temporary issue’ – Epic
Unreal Engine boss thinks the App Store will soon have its own 'Avatar blockbuster'
Read More »European console installed base revealed
A clear picture of the total number of consoles sold in Europe has emerged today. According to IDG data released by GameStop, the active European games console market in total is around 153m units. 114m of that are current gen machines, which breaks down like this: – 14.7million Sony PlayStation …
Read More »Silicon Knights demands Gears of War money
Developer accuses Epic of 'sabotaging' Unreal Engine licensees
Read More »Rumours of big job cuts at SOE
Sony Online Entertainment has closed down three of its studios and made sweeping redundancies across the company, according to unsubstantiated rumours. News site Kotaku claims the firm has closed studios in Seattle, Arizona and Denver. The website claimed that nearly one-third” of Sony Online Entertainment had been axed across the …
Read More »Ubisoft granted THQ injunction
THQ has been issued an injunction preventing it from illicitly pulling talent away from a Ubisoft studio in Canada. It has been discovered that Patrice Dsilets, a new THQ employee, had helped target developers working at Ubisoft Montreal who were believed could be convinced to switch employers. Last year, Dsilets …
Read More »Android PlayStation emulator pulled
A PlayStation emulator has been removed from the Andorid Market today – because of the upcoming Xperia Play launch. That’s according to ZodTTD, the developer behind PSX4Droid. The emulator was available to Android phones before it was removed due to content violation”, reports Pocket Gamer. ZodTTD claimed on Twitter he …
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