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Microsoft has announced it will be cutting up to 7,800 positions globally. In a post on its company website, Microsoft said that these losses are primarily focusing on its phone hardware business, and will be taking place over the next few months. These cuts are aimed at restructuring its phone …

Original indie hit has sold 600,000 units to date

The console version of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online was the best-selling PS4 title on PSN this June. That’s according to the EU PlayStation Blog, breaking down the best-selling games on Sony platforms. The PC version of the firm’s MMO title launched last year, with console gamers having to wait …

The latest entry in Disney’s Infinity toys-to-life series will be hitting stores in late August. To be precise, Disney Infinity 3.0 has been announced for a August 28th release. Disney Infinity 3.0’s headline feature is the addition of new Star Wars characters who join the already sizeable line-up of Disney …

The latest Fire Emblem title for 3DS has remained at the number spot in Japan, with returning Top Ten entry Splatoon seeing resilient sales figures. Fire Emblem Fates’ two SKUs – White Kingdom and Black Kingdom – easily spot to the top of the retail charts the week previous, shifting …

New point release adds and enhances features but will be last to ship with Enlighten 2 libraries

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Hit Steam game racks up more than one million sales

YouTube superstar PewDiePie has responded to critics of his salary. It was revealed yesterday that the Swedish digital powerhouse’s production company PewDiePie Productions made $7.44m in 2014. And as a guy who lives out his life on the internet, he’s had to take a lot of abuse as a result. …

One of the key people behind the DDoS attacks on Xbox Live and PSN last December has escaped jail. The Daily Dot reports that 17 year-old Julius ‘Zeekill’ Kivimakihas received a two year suspended sentence from a Finnish court. He was found guilty of data breaches, felony payment fraud and …