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Digital retailer Green Man Gaming and simulation specialist Dovetail Games have been ranked as two of the UK’s best-performing private businesses. The annual Sunday Times’ Hiscox Tech Track 100, compiled by Fast Track and published by The Sunday Times, serves as a measure of the top-performing British firms in a …

Scores of developers have reportedly been laid off at Gameloft Tokyo. Gamasutrareports that the layoffs have been made just weeks after the studio released its first game, mobile puzzle RPG Magna Memoria. The game’s poor performance is believed to be the cause of these job cuts. Up to 80 employees …

EA COO Peter Moore has spoken openly about the representation and treatment of women in the games industry. In an interview with Fortune, Moore praised what he perceives as the increasing number of opportunities for female developers. EA itself now counts former Naughty Dog alumna Amy Hennig among its ranks …

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Reports suggest up to 80 employees let go within weeks of Magna Memoria’s release

Trio of console developers now turning to mobile and tablet market

Internet celebrity Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has become the first person to be watched more than 10 billion times on YouTube. Kjellberg’s weight within the games industry has been long known, but the news that his videos have been watched more times than there are people on the Earth (7.3 billion) …

FIFA publisher’s COO says last year’s controversy has caused companies to think more carefully about their workforce

Players wanting to catch up on Naughty Dog’s Uncharted franchise before the fourth entry in the series next year are in luck thanks to a new console SKU. Sony has revealed a new bundle which includes a digital copy of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, comprising the single-player campaign portions …

Halo composer claims he was fired “without cause”, judge rules in favour