Entries in 'cuts' (94)
Sony Liverpool to halve head-count?
Sources at Sony's Liverpool, UK studio say that its head-count will ultimately be reduced by about half.
Microsoft cuts Games-On-Demand prices
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has cut the price of a number of titles on its Xbox Live Games-On-Demand service in several territories – but not, it seems, in the ...
11,500 dev layoffs since '08
The global game industry has been hit by as many as 11,500 job losses since late 2008, a new study suggests.
Oberon Media confirms job losses
Expansive casual games provider Oberon Media has been hit with what is speculated to be a large number of layoffs, with former COO Don Ryan having confirmed his departure and ...
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500 publishing jobs go at EA
Electronic Arts has revealed that the vast majority of its global staff cuts will be made in its own development studios.
Sony brings layoffs to Pain dev
Reports suggest that Sony has made numerous staff cuts at the dev studio behind popular PSN title Pain – a game which saw more downloads than any other on the ...
Square Enix axing Japanese staff?
In what is fast appearing as the game industry’s largest ever mass-migration from East to West, mega-publisher Square Enix is rumoured to be reducing as many as 300 staff from ...
Job losses at EA Maxis
EA's Maxis studio - originally responsible for The Sims franchise and most recently Spore - has seen layoffs amongst its staff, the publisher has confirmed.
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Blitz calls for 360 and Wii price cuts
Nintendo and Microsoft should follow Sony’s lead and cut the retail prices of their consoles, says Philip Oliver, CEO of UK indie developer Blitz Games.
THQ predicts hardware price cuts
As the industry continues to struggle with the death of the established hardware cycle that has defined the games industry for over two decades, THQ boss Brian Farrell has predicted ...
60 jobs go at Midway Chicago
Over sixty employees at Midway’s Chicago-based HQ have been handed their notices and will leave the company by early September.
Blue Omega lays off entire workforce
As revealed in a tweet by Blue Omega Entertainment programmer Geoff Rowland, the entire workforce at the developer has been laid off.
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Kotick critical over lack of price cuts
One thing universally absent from this year’s E3 was any kind of hardware price cutting from any of the major platform holders – and that’s something that Activision Blizzard boss ...
100 staff out of the door at Grin?
Speculation has surfaced suggesting that widespread redundancies have taken place at Swedish developer Grin.
Further job losses at troubled Nokia
Nokia has announced that a further 490 employees will be joining the 3,500 who have already lost their jobs as the telephony behemoth attempts to head off an anticipated decline ...
Apple ditches 10% of retail workforce
Apple has cut around ten per cent of its workforce during the second quarter of 2009, according to documents released to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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US: Job losses and wage cuts at Best Buy
Best Buy has reportedly told staff of a slew of job losses and wage-cutting measures in North America as the leading electricals retailer aims to restructure in an effort to ...
Further job losses at Nokia
Handset giant Nokia is accelerating its efficiency drive in light of current economic conditions with job cuts in its Devices and Markets units, Corporate Development Office and Global Support Division.
Riccitiello: EA got too fat and too reliant
Outspoken EA boss John Riccitiello has boldly stated that his company had become too complacent with itself, adding that the worsening economic recession could be “a blessing in disguise” as ...
Restructuring underway at Rare
Microsoft has confirmed to Develop that its UK studio Rare is currently undergoing a 'review' that could lead to job losses at the world renowned studio.
Sega confirms job losses after $119m loss
Sega Sammy Holdings has revealed a net loss of YEN 10.8bn, around $119m, for the nine months ending December 31st 2008 – an improvement of around 33 per cent compared ...
Reeves: “There’s a lot of fight left in us”
In an interview with The Guardian, SCEE boss David Reeves has claimed that PlayStation “has to suffer a little” in the battle with its next-gen competitors, conceding that the ...
EA: More job cuts coming as Q3 losses reach $641m
North American publisher EA has announced that it suffered losses totalling $641m for the three months ending December 31st 2008 – this compares to losses of $33m in the same ...
THQ Wireless restructuring leads to losses
THQ is restructuring its mobile division to focus on high-end games for iPhone, N-Gage, PSP and DS, and it seems that this has seen 75 per cent of the THQ ...
Further job cuts rumoured at EA
The EA rumour mill has continued to grind this morning with talk of further lay offs in both Canada and Australia.
