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Electronics giant Sony has denied reports that it is set to embark on drastic cost-cutting measures, Reuters has revealed. The Times reported this morning that Sony is set to transform its business by closing factories and ‘major’ divisions. However, a Sony spokesperson insisted there is no new restructuring plans bar …

Korean developer to work with musical producer PMC

EUK administrator Deloitte is in hot water with entertainment suppliers, who are preparing legal action to to claw back millions of pounds of stock. The Times reports that EUK still has CDs, DVDs and computer games worth tens of millions of pounds in its warehouses – and suppliers are battling …

Platform holders â??curious but not convincedâ?? by 3D TV technology

From the storming of the Bastille, to the King of England being expelled from Parliament, to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, or more recently the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York, the effect of these actions is truly life changing. On September 15th this year a …

Data from research and analysis firm Nielsen claims that North America gamers spent more time playing Sony’s PS2 than any other console in 2008. The stats show that the PS2 accounted for 31.7 per cent of the US’ total game time. Microsoft’s Xbox 360 claimed the second spot with 17.2 …

Future Publishing’s preliminary annual results made for pretty special reading last month – complete with a year-on-year profits rise and a ten per cent reduction in debt. But how did CEO Stevie Spring and her team manage it? And, more to the point, how has her company managed to rebuff …

Microsoft could be considering a plan for ‘substantial redundancies’, reports The Independent . Citing rumours on Silicon Valley website Fudzilla, the paper suggests that the software giant may look to cut between 10 and 17 per cent of its workforce – possibly affecting up to 15,000 jobs worldwide – and …

The latest numbers from controversial stat-crunchers VG Chartz are claiming that Wii Sports has surpassed Nintendo’s own 1985 NES title Super Mario Bros to become the best selling video game of all time. To read the full story, click here to visit MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz.

'At least' ten per cent of jobs could go, say sources