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Nokia has announced that a further 490 employees will be joining the 3,500 who have already lost their jobs as the telephony behemoth attempts to head off an anticipated decline in the mobile market. Reuters reports that 170 positions are to be lost in logistics, production management and production support …

Industry veteran Stuart Moulder joins Gazillion as Vice President of Studios

Three new games announced under the Discovery brand, two for iPhone, another for home and PC systems

Rising star in the industry sees Serious Games as â??an emerging blue oceanâ??

Former EA casual boss joins burgeoning games force as new digital division boss

Nearly two months on from when the news first emerged, Legendar Pictures has at long last officially confirmed Kathy Vrabeck as its new digital division boss. Vrabeck shocked the gamesworld with her surprise departure from EA last November as part of the publisher’s casual shake-up. Legendary is headed up by …

The Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone may for the time being remain a speculative possibility, but the chances just got a whole load better with the news that Sony Ericsson is to drop both its Walkman and Cybershot brands in favour of a unified entertainment offering. To read the full story …

NORDIC GAME: Heavy Rain executive producer Guillaume de Fondaumiere to replace Fred Hasson

Bethesda has confirmed that its three until now Xbox 360 exclusive DLC releases are heading to PS3 – along with two new downloadable offerings heading to both consoles, along with the PC. In addition, three new retail SKUs containing the various downloadable releases, as well as a complete Game of …

NORDIC GAME: Teams share three million kroner in funding from Nordic body