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Update: EA has declined to provide specific details on the layoffs at EA Hyderabad. Tiffany Steckler from EA’s corporate communications team responded to our report with the following statement. EA is sharpening its focus to provide games for new platforms and mobile. In some cases, this involves reducing team sizes …

World of Tanks developer could bring its free-to-play formula to PS4 and next Xbox

Yannis Mallat, the CEO of developer Ubisoft Montreal, has claimed that the market IS ready for an always-on next-generation of consoles. That’s a question you should put to Microsoft and Sony,” he told The Guardian when asked if the world is ready for always-on consoles. I would say that a …

App discovery platform pulled by Apple gets 400,000 emails of support

20m sales and counting – indie hit Minecraft is one of the most remarkable successes in the history of gaming. But there’s a flip-side to these accomplishments. How on earth do you follow-up one of the most successful games ever made? I definitely think Minecraft is a freak thing,” he …

The long wait for the standalone version of Day Z looks to have got a little longer. Creator Dean Hall has revealed that he’s currently housed at Mount Everest Base Camp, having taken two months off from development duties on the Bohemia game to fulfil his lifelong ambition. Although the …

Are you currently unsure which console you should invest in next? Well help’s at hand. Famed console modder Bacteria has unveiled his latest creation – the Unity. The somewhat imposing box houses no less than 15 consoles: NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Master System, Mega Drive, Saturn, Dreamcast, …

Massachusetts assemblywoman Linda Stender wants to introduce legislation to ban mature-rated arcade games. There’s a problem, though – The Entertainment Software Rating Board does not rate coin-operated arcade games. Stender will introduce legislation that prohibits any kind of public accommodation – movie theaters, rest stops, bowling alleys, arcades – from …

Publisher not offering refunds for in-game currency in soon-to-be closed Facebook games

Three of EA’s Facebook titles are facing the chop. The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society – all of which were developed by Playfish – will be switched off on June 14th. SimCity Social has been in operation for less than a year, having gone live in June 2012. …