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UK retailers continue to suffer as a recent survey reports that overall sales have declined over two consecutive months for the first time in three years. The latest edition of the British Retail Consortium-KPMG retail survey reveals sales in November were down by 0.4 per cent when compared to a …

Atariâ??s online vision strengthens with purchase of MMO specialist

Sony has announced it plans to cut 8,000 jobs from its electronics business, as well as shut ten per cent of its manufacturing plants. The company aims to generate cost savings of 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) by March 2010, and follows the news that the Japanese economy has shrunk …

Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War has achieved its fourth consecutive week at the top of ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 Chart, fending off advances from a range of new entries. No new entry lands higher than No.22, which goes to the PC version of Rockstar’s Grand Theft …

Factor 5 is currently suffering severe financial issues”, which have led to a project being cancelled and employees advised to start seeking new employment, it has been claimed. An artist working for the development studio, Sam Baker, has described on his blog how his project was recently cancelled. He also …

Claims that Lair developerâ??s financial difficulties have lead to a project cancellation and possible job cuts

Support for Appleâ??s portable boosts 3D engineâ??s popularity

Splash Damage, the independent UK developer, has appointed Richard Ham as creative director.

Publisher EA is to give its NASCAR racing a brand a drastic makeover with the release next February of new Wii racer NASCAR Kart Racing. The firm recently admitted that it has struggled to establish its sports brands on Nintendo’s machine – and the targeted thinking behind this family-friendly reinvention …

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