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Microsoft will cut 18,000 jobs over the next year, the firm has said. The majority of those will be in the firm’s Nokia division that it acquired in April. 12,500 jobs will be going from the mobile operation. The move is part of a cost-cutting programme designed to save the …

Want to try Nintendo’s quirky life-sim title Tomodachi Life for free? The platform holder is emailing out codes for a free version of its life-stim game to those signed up to its newsletter. Entitled the Welcome Version, this demo gives players a chance to try the title for free. This …

Restructuring follows Nokia acquisition, expected to cost up to $1.6bn

Media Molecule and Stafford Bawler speaking at Develop's An Audience With... Audio Game-Changers

The PlayStation Gamescom press conference will take place on August 12th. That is the day before EA’s press conference, which this year is held on the publisher’s booth on the Wednesday. PlayStation’s event will start at 7pm local time (6pm UK time). Expect some European details and release date for …

Xbox One sales in American have more than doubled following the release of a Kinect-less SKU, Microsoft has said. "Since the new Xbox One offering launched on June 9th, we’ve seen sales of Xbox One more than double in the US, compared to sales in May," the company explained in …

Train simulation specialist Dovetail Games is living up to its promise to expand beyond the railways by launching into the fishing and flight categories. We speak to CEO Paul Jackson on his hugely ambitious plans for the business You’ve opened a new office in the Medway towns. How has the …

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Develop speaks to audio director Darren Korb to learn how a small team delivered such a high audio standard with the studio’s latest release