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Square Enix will make unavoidable” workforce cuts at Beautiful Game Studios, the outfit responsible for the Championship Manager series. It is unclear how severe the staff cuts will be, though Square Enix indicated that development of the Championship Manager series will continue. In a prepared statement, the publisher told Develop …

Square Enix Europeâ??s London studio restructured to 're-focus vision' for franchise

45 per cent of all creative industry expansion comes from the games sector

Sony and Microsoft provide tech for new educational facility

GAME, Xbox and Activision have joined forces for a special online charity event in support of War Child. Entitled GAME For Good, Activision wants as many gamers as possible to play Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox Live on Saturday December 5th and Sunday December 6th. The more gamers online, the …

UDKâ??s tools and tech the same as UE3â??s, says Epic

Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption will hit shelves in April 2010, according to a mail-out from the publisher. The long-awaited title was ‘delayed’ earlier this year, when an earnings call from Rockstar parent Take Two revealed it was to be released in Q1 2010. The firm’s mail-out to press today also …

Guitar Hero studio exploring new music genres and Natal tech

Bedfordshire and Portsmouth reps join to grow association's ties with colleges

Swedish firm bolsters consulting and certification schemes for its project management software