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Today’s arrival of the 3.60 PS3 software patch may have won more headlines for its introduction of cloud game save storage, but its effects may have a far larger impact. Digital Foundry reports that the patch also seems to close the security loopholes that have opened the console up to …

Liverpool studio Bizarre Creations will close today. To mark the occasion, one individual at the company has assembled a farewell video, featuring some of the group’s most notable games. The video can be found below. Develop has written an obituary on the studio, here. Story originally published on Develop

On Friday, February 18th, Bizarre Creations’ Liverpool studio will turn off the lights, lock the windows and close its doors for the final time. The group made around twenty games over 15 years, growing to around 200 staff at the peak of its success. The studio officially formed in 1994 …

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; …

Microsoft’s once-prosperous in-game advertising outfit Massive Inc has, as had been rumoured, closed down, the publisher has confirmed. Having initially bought the group for an estimated $200-400 million, Microsoft will now move Massive’s operations in-house. The announcement that a small” number of staff will be retained was the only signal …

Developer Krome Studios has closed its doors resulting in all staff losing their jobs, according to reports on IGN. The closure was finalised last Friday, though there’s a chance a small number of devs might stay on for a limited time to finish off existing work. The reason for the …

A new update on the GOG site suggests that the site is indeed closing down after all. It reads: "First of all, we apologize everyone for the whole situation and closing GOG.com. We do understand the timing for taking down the site caused confusion and many users didn’t manage to …

Yet another PC mag has closed at Future this week. The media firm told MCV it will be closing PC Answers – just as the final edition of PC Zone hits newsagents as well. PC Answers’ final issue will go on sale next month, allowing Future to focus on other titles. …

Cult developer Introversion has claimed that it would have closed its doors for good in March of this year were it not for the massive impact that Valve’s Steam digital distribution system has had on its business. The near collapse came after it became clear that Darwinia+, a version of …

UPDATE: Hogarty has contacted MCV to inform us that he is no longer editor at PC Zone, having taken up a position at Gamereactor.eu last week. He adds that the September issue of PC Zone will be the last.ORIGINAL STORY: A report on PC games site Rock Paper Shotgun – …