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A number of staff have lost their jobs at Sony Computer Entertainment studio Zipper Interactive. It has not been confirmed how many have departed the studio, which made MAG and the SOCOM games, reports Kotaku. Approached for a comment by the website, a Sony spokesperson said the layoffs were a …

Sega’s upcoming action title Anarchy Reigns will not be released until early 2012 in Japan. The news comes from the title’s developer, Platinum Games, as reported by Andriasang. It has originally been pencilled in for an autumn release in Japan. Anarchy Reigns is the latest title to emerge from the …

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Microsoft has confirmed to MCV that the disc read error introduced to some consoles by the upcoming firmware update is not specific to certain types of Xbox 360.Yesterday it was confirmed that any users whose consoles suffer as a result of the update will see their machines replaced with a …

After a long, long wait Rockstar’s LA Noire will be released in the UK tomorrow. And such is the anticipation that major retailers are today advertising a number of cut-price deals on the game. As rounded up by Frugal Gaming, Asda will sell the title for 34.97 and Morrison’s for …

The UK is losing ground internationally as retail struggles and slows, Sega has warned. Mike Hayes, the CEO of Sega’s Western publishing empire, this week revealed to MCV he was staggered” by how rapidly UK games retail is contracting. He said the UK is half as valuable to Sega as …

MAG and SOCOM studio sheds staff. SCE points to 'normal business practice'

Laura Fryer has made it to the top as general manager of Warner's Seattle studios. Develop catches up with her ahead of her Develop Conference keynote

Rovio’s world-dominating Angry Birds mobile IP has passed another huge milestone – 200 million total downloads across the world. The company’s marketing boss Peter Vesterbacka announced the news at the PaidContent Mobile conference in New York, while also saying that the latest Angry Birds Rio game has notched up 35 …

Following a fresh blow it its efforts to repair the PR damage done by the PSN implosion, Sony has now resolved an issue with its PSN password rest page. Yesterday it was reported that users were able to change the PSN passwords of anyone provided they had access to their …