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It was by all accounts a Black Tuesday for games development yesterday as job cuts were confirmed at two studios and one of the industry’s most respected developers faced up to a very uncertain future. Though the numbers are yet to be reported, LucasArts has confirmed a minor adjustment in …

Xbox 360’s American dream continues with news that Microsoft’s console saw year-on-year sales gains in October 2010. It was the only console in the market to enjoy annual growth, with total unit sales of 325k according to Larry Hryb. That’s a 34 per cent year-on-year increase for a machine now …

American sales tracker NPD has announced that the US video games market was worth $1.07bn in October 2010 – that’s four per cent down on the same month in 2009. Year-to-date US gaming has made $11.07bn, eight per cent less than it had at this stage last year. Hardware saw …

In news that continues to emerge tonight, it appears as if Activision is to close the doors of UK developer Bizarre Creations. Around 200 jobs could be lost in the process. Bizarre is best known for creating Microsoft’s successful Project Gotham Racing series, though its gaming heritage began far earlier; …

Publisher Square Enix has announced that it to extend the free trial period for MMO Final Fantasy XIV for a second time. It’s the second 30-day extension the firm has offered gamers following the decision to do the same thing this time last month. We are adamant that you should …

Publisher Ubisoft will spend big to turn its Raving Rabbids series into one of the industry’s biggest kids brands. The firm is shelling out 1m to promote upcoming game Raving Rabbids Travel In Time, as well as the range of Rabbids toys, figurines and even an upcoming TV show. The …

EA has announced that Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC next spring. The announcement comes just days ahead of the arrival of Criterion’s first stab at a Need for Speed title, called Hot Pursuit, arrives at UK retail on Friday. The …

The studio behind a controversial Iraq war game still hopes to bring the project to market despite it already having caused a vehement public backlash and a cancelled publishing deal. The game caused a bit of a stir upon its first reveal in 2009, forcing then-publisher Konami to drop it …

Publishers and retailers must get together and figure out a way of working together to tackle the dual problem of pre-owned and digital retail, Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has stated. Pre-owned is regarded by a threat by publishers as they don’t see any returns from sales of used games – …

The world’s most successful home console still holds a commanding position in Japanese homes, according to a survey conducted by CESA on the last day of this year’s Tokyo Game Show. VG247 reports that 70 per cent of respondents still said the decade old machine was amongst their most played, …