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10 per cent of workforce to go as part of $120m cost savings; Black Box studio first to close

Electronic Arts has announced further details of its recently-announced restructuring plan which will see a reduction in its global headcount. 1,000 staff – or around 10 per cent of the EA workforce – are to go as the publisher consolidates its development resources around the world. The new statement increases …

New studio formed by ex-GameFly and EA staff

Various sources across the industry are speculating that EA’s Black Box studio in Canada may soon be closed. Speculation from unnamed sources also suggests that because of the less than favourable nature of reviews of Need For Speed: Undercover, which also suffered relatively poor sales compared to previous iterations of …

Speculation about studioâ??s closure rife in the wake of EAâ??s job cuts

Dead Space dev working on third person outing based on Danteâ??s The Divine Comedy

Following speculation last month, Electronic Arts has confirmed that its Redwood Shores studio, the outfit behind the firm’s recent successful new survival horror IP Dead Space, is working on a brand new horror property based on Dante’s medieval epic. Dante’s 14th century text The Divine Comedy is one of the …

UK games retail will overcome economic pressure in 2009 and enjoy another profitable 12 months, according to this year’s MCV Retail Survey. The survey features responses from a wide variety of UK retail store managers from the likes of GAME, Blockbuster, Gamestation, HMV, and a range of independent stores. 86 …

Tim Schaferâ??s studio to produce rock â??nâ?? roll adventure game

Economic downturn and slow holiday sales in the US and Europe to blame