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Microsoft has confirmed the closure of Xbox Entertainment Studios as it lets go of the division’s last two employees. XES bosses Nancy Tellem and Jordan Levin have been let go in the latest round of job cuts at Microsoft, according toGames Industry, meaning the studio is officially closed. Xbox Entertainment …

The industry has a responsibility to do more to protect those who are being harassed by the ongoing GamerGate hate campaign. That’s according to Zoe Quinn, who has told the BBC that it is unfair that the responsibility of tackling such behaviour has remained the burden of individuals whom the …

Develop grills respected figures from the global games industry

MCV looks at the best new products heading to UK retail. This week, we blend in with a camouflage Xbox One headset and controller, before starting a fight on the Wii U. Xbox One Camouflage Headset and Controller Microsoft has released a set of products patterned with military-style camouflage. The …

Sony Worldwide Studios holds the keys to the tech behind hit games such as The Last of Us and Killzone – and it has made them available to everyone

Nintendo’s debut foray into what it describes as the Quality of Life sector is a sleep sensor. Such tech has already been popularised by smartphone users, but CVG reports that Nintendo’s effort will use a bedside device that uses radio frequencies to monitor sleeping patterns before sending the data to …

Puzzles & Dragons firm also purchases major stake in US mobile game network PlayPhone

Devs can now stream as they work to show users how games are made

Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian appeared on satirical US political show The Colbert Report last night. Host Stephen Colbert, himself a spoof of right-leaning political TV pundits, span out several lines mocking the misogynist side of the GamerGate argument including yes, there’s a traditional gamer lifestyle, God ordained that there …

Final departures see the end of Microsoft division dedicated to original programming