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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 …
Read More »Court blocks THQ from snatching more Ubisoft devs
Legal twists, and bitter accusations, in the battle of the Montreal studio giants
Read More »Marvel vs Capcom 3 ships 2m units
Xbox 360 and PS3 brawler Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds has shipped over 2m copies worldwide. The Capcom game was released in February following an 11-year hiatus for the series. Demand for a sequel was at an all-time high, and expectations were soaring,” read a statement on …
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