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Social games giant streamlining operations to 'make Zynga into an internet treasure'

Boston studio shuttered as two thirds of Austin studio staff cut

Company CEO Heiko Hubertz steps down

Tim Schafer has voiced his issues with the game industry’s revolving door regarding employment. One of the most frustrating things about the games industry is that teams of people come together to make a game, and maybe they struggle and make mistakes along the way, but by the end of …

Valve’s Steam Workshop celebrated its first birthday this week, so what has the user-submitted content application accomplished in its first year? Workshop started out with player’s creating custom items for Team Fortress 2, and has since grown to support different styles of content submission in a variety of games. There …

Users to pay for audio input device and songs

The next game in the SingStar series launches this week – and it’s free (sort of). The SingStar client will be available to download to the PS3 Cross Media Bar at no cost, consumers will just need to fork out for an ‘audio-input device’ and the songs. Short demo versions …

Live NBA games are heading to the 360 via Xbox Live’s new NBA Game Time app. The app, in conjunction with NBA League Pass, will give Xbox Live Gold subs access to regular season games in 720p, for a price – those interested can purchase either a Premium or Choice …

A request from the British Phonographic Industry for ISPs to block access to three additonal torrent sharing sites has been rebuffed. The BBC reports that the BPI sent a letter – which was subsequently leaked – to BT, Sky, Virgin Media, O2, EE and TalkTalk asking that they voluntarily block …

Xbox 720 will likely launch with cut-price hardware subsidised through monthly subscriptions. That’s the impression given by Microsoft in an interview with The Wall Street Journal in which it describes such retail models as pivotal to our business” and outlines plans to roll the deals out across the whole of …