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Rovio will lay off up to 260 staff as it aims to completely restructure the firm and reinvigorate its falling revenues. The redundancies will apply to the entire organisation. This excludes employees working on the upcoming Angry Birds Movie. Rovio CEO Pekka Rantala said in its current financial condition, the …

Redundancies to affect staff across entire organisation

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The Xbox One release of Rock Band 4 will cost $20 more than the PS4 release, due to Microsoft’s console requiring an adapter to support older peripherals. Harmonix has confirmed that with the addition of the adapter, the Xbox One edition will cost $80/70.The adapter will come packed with every …

UK companies agree to remove offending statements ruled to have pressured children into making purchases

The two men accused of planning a mass shooting at last week’s Pokmon World Championships were capable of carrying out a devastating attack, police have said. 27-year-old James Stumbo and 18-year-old Kevin Norton were detained on Thursday and subsequently arrested after threatening Facebook posts led Boston police to search the …

Mind Candy says it has already changed Moshi Monsters after breaching the Advertising Code. The Advertising Standards Agency issued a ruling against Moshi Monsters, and rival kids online game Bin Weevils, that it was directly exhorting children to make in-game purchases. It followed a complaint made about the game to …

Two free-to-play games have had altered their in-game messaging after the ASA ruled the wording constituted direct exhortations to buy a membership package”. Moshi Monsters was taken to task for a mission that, while open to non-subscribers, ended with a message stating "MEMBERS GET MORE MISSIONS AND Unique Moshlings! Epics …