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Sony has enlisted management consultancy firm Bain and Co to find $100 million – about 62 million – in cuts, a person close to the firm has revealed. As part of the firms plan to make further cost savings and return itself to profit, the planned cuts will involve job …

A now-removed retail listing has suggested that Square Enix is to give Tomb Raider a next-gen makeover. CVG reports that Amazon Italy was previously carrying a listing for Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition on PS4. It includes the original game and all of its post-release DLC. Also listed was a …

In an alternative dimension there’s a world out there somewhere where Sony just launched a PS4 with a buttonless controller. At the very start, we were thinking of drastically changing the controller,” Sony Computer Entertainment’s product planning manager Toshimasa Aoki told VentureBeat. We tried out new devices, changing the form …

Infinity Ward are the creators of the biggest video game franchise in the world and are responsible for Xbox One’s most pre-ordered title. MCV speaks to executive producer Mark Rubin on building for a new generation Infinity Ward is probably the most influential video game developer in the world. The …

It may sometimes feel like there’s a gulf separating those who make and release games and those who buy and play them. But if there’s one thing that unites these groups it’s an obsession with review scores. That solitary number – which more likely that not will be a ‘7′, …

High Street and online retail giants are braced for the launch of Xbox One. Leading retailers have told MCV that they are preparing mass midnight openings and special events to herald the launch of Microsoft’s new console on November 22nd. We can’t wait for Xbox One,” said Ian Chambers, GAME’s …

Support notice claims publisher is due to resume production of latest C&C

Sony has admitted that there is a strong argument for claiming that pre-owned games do not detract from the health of games development. I’ve seen data that the vast majority of used sales go immediately into additional purchases, that they are not somehow being extracted from the overall game economy,” …

It may be nearly impossible to find a launch day PS4 in the UK any more, but Sony reckons the console’s supply situation is in good shape. [This is] the first platform launch that I’ve ever been involved with where we’ve had such a good production ramp up and a …