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Xbox boss Phil Spencer admits that the reasons behind Xbox One’s lengthy installation times remain a little unclear, although he’s determined to address them. Spencer told IGN, as reported by GameSpot, that while the Xbox One in some instances installs games faster than PS4, for many titles the installation times …

Platform holder stresses that sales policy has changed since controversial WiiWare clause

Scheme open to both start-ups and established businesses

Further redundancies confirmed across NCSoft's western operations

Developer, publisher, review scores, release dates and supported platforms all listed

PS3 owners will soon be able to buy entire series of TV shows for a single lump sum on PSN. The digital marketplace’s Video Unlimited section will as of today allow people to buy access to specific TV series, even if some episodes have yet to be released. Once purchased …

Xbox group revenue increases 58 per cent year-on-year.

A number of developers have lost their jobs amidst a restructuring at MMO makers NCsoft. Today we announced a restructuring of key operations within NC West,” an official statement confirmed. As a result of this restructuring, we are implementing staff reductions across our Western operations with the exclusion of ArenaNet. …

Creative Skillset recently launched its cross-sectorWorkforce Surveyfor the games, TV, radio, film, animation, VFX and digital media industries. And the results are used to inform where funding is needed in each sector to develop skills and train up staff. But despite receiving a good response rate from the VFX and …