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After reporting a $35m FY loss last night, publisher THQ confirmed in a post-earnings conference call that it would be losing 200 staff across its studios. However, the company does plan to grow its employee count overall from 2,400 to 2,700 this year. CEO Brian Farrell said that those studios …

Releasing early and continually evolving is the way for new concepts to grow

You work on a game for one, two years; ship time comes and it's out of your hands. But the online model - releasing early and evolving based on feedback - could have a place in our industry, say GarageGames CEO Josh Williams and GG Networks general manager Andy Yang...

Event will be 'as educational, thought provoking and possibly controversial as ever' say organisers

Although company targets overall growth this year and will experiment with new business models as part of 'realigning'

Applied Ideas course covers art-to-engine pipeline

THQ has reported full year losses of $35.3 million for the 12 months to March 31st, with sales up slightly to $1.03 billion. That compares to the $68 million profit reported in its previous fiscal year, and $1.026 billion in sales. For its fourth quarter, the company also saw sales …

Kaz Hirai told a throng of media at today’s PlayStation Day ’08 that the PS3’s launch was ‘difficult’ – but 2008 will be the year that PS3 kicks into top gear. "I think its fair to say that the first year of PS3 was a difficult one," the SCE president …

Hirai on PS3’s strengths: "As we all know PS3 is a platform for digital interactive home entertainment – and we know that the nature of PS3 is multi faceted. Last year, we positioned the PS3 first and foremost as a system for games, games and more games so it was …

Electronic Arts has unveiled a new sub-brand for its EA Sports label – a casual-oriented line of games under the EA Sports Freestyle umbrella, our sister site CasualGaming.biz reports . In an official announcement, EA said that EA Sports Freestyle is "aimed at a growing, more casual sports gaming audience" …