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Viacom is to cut seven per cent of its workforce as part of a major global restructuring. 850 jobs have gone at the firm, which is the parent company to the likes of MTV Networks, Nickelodeon, Dreamworks Animation and Paramount Pictures. Its subsidiaries have been enjoying an increasingly close relationship …

PC strategy specialist announces two titles for mobile platforms

A video of the keynote presentation from this week’s Atari Live event is now available to view online on the publisher’s official website. The footage focuses on the speech given by Atari’s CEO David Gardner and president Phil Harrison on Atari’s retail vision and the plans for the company’s future. …

Woolworths administrator Deloitte has told MCV that the retailer will launch its ‘Biggest Ever Sale’ tomorrow – with discounts of up to 50% on all goods. Deloitte said in a statement: ‘We anticipate increased footfall in the stores and have hired additional staff to cope with increased demand. Additional goods …

ELSPA (the Entertainment Leisure & Software Publishers Association) has urged parents looking to purchase games for Christmas to check the game’s packaging for the PEGI age ratings and content descriptors. Games sold in the UK display PEGI ratings – a pan-European gaming-specific rating system instigated and used by all the …

Sony has moved to dispel Microsoft claims that Xbox is outselling the PS3 in Europe, revealing internal figures that say its console has sold 300,000 more units than Xbox 360 in PAL territories. And the company doesn’t feel it has to follow Microsoft and further ignite consumer interest with a …

UK daily broadsheet The Guardian has chosen to stick up for the games industry following an article in yesterday’s NME magazine that attacked titles like Rock Band and Guitar Hero for deterring kids from playing real musical instruments. The NME piece quoted Q Radio presenter David Quantick as stating: Games …

As the struggling Britsoft companyâ??s future hangs in the balance, publishing giants move in on development assets

Casual gaming has hopped on board the topical bandwagon yet again, and this time it’s ITV’s jungle-based reality show I’m A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here on the receiving end. To learn more about title, and find out where you can play it, click here to head over to …

Microsoft is beating its chest this morning following the news that the Xbox brand last month enjoyed its biggest ever sales month in its six year history in Europe. Hardware sales for November were up 124 per cent on the same month last year. In contrast, Microsoft claims that European …