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Newly installed SCi CEO Phil Rogers has this morning revealed the result of his company business review – announcing that he plans to restructure the company around a new ‘studio-led’ business model, which means a reduction in workforce and cancellation of 14 projects. SCi, which owns publishing label Eidos and …

Unconfirmed reports suggest SCi will ditch Bath-based team, and possibly other 'non-core' studios as part of shake up

Casual studio creates debut title for touch-screen tech

Studio responsible for Titan Quest shuts its doors

18,000 developers and games execs walked through the doors at San Francisco show

Speaking exclusively to MCV, boss of PEGI parent ISFE has slammed the potential introduction of BBFC ratings – terming the possible move a step backward. Take a look in our Opinion and Analysis section for more.

President of Sega of America Simon Jeffery has told GameDaily that Sega is deliberately cautious when it comes to choosing and developing movie IP – in contrast to some publishers who don’t give licensed games enough attention”. He added that Sega does not have a rich history of dealing with …

How did the ABCs go for you? We know that 360 Gamer has seen good growth, up to 13,928 from around 12,500 last time. The 360 Gamer team works bloody hard to turn around a great quality magazine every three weeks, which helps it stand out. Does the three-week lifecycle …

How were the ABC results for you? We have the number one title in the unofficial Xbox market, which is good. I think we were slightly jipped last year by some export copies – we’re about 200 sales behind last year, so we’ve got that back. Between X360 and 360 …

Have the rise in copy sales outstripped your forecasts at all? The results haven’t really been a surprise to us – we’ve always been confident about our portfolio and obviously now we’ve claimed all the official licences for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo. There have also been a lot of improvements …