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Square Enix axing Japanese staff?
29th September 2009, 10:40am

News: Square Enix axing Japanese staff?

Western-facing mega-publisher cutting ties from its native country

Wolfenstein dev suffers job losses
19th August 2009, 4:13pm

News: Wolfenstein dev suffers job losses

Endrant Studios sees staff axed just a year after the group formed

Warner resurrecting This Is Vegas
4th August 2009, 11:03am

News: Warner resurrecting This Is Vegas

New Midway owner confirms that development of GTA-a-like has not been cancelled

Mortal Kombat team gets Warner rebrand
28th July 2009, 11:43am

News: Mortal Kombat team gets Warner rebrand

Alleged new Warner Bros division emerges through several job profile pages

MS allegedly establishes Halo studio
21st July 2009, 10:32am

News: MS allegedly establishes Halo studio

Microsoft files patent for ‘343 Industries’, a suspected dev label for the Halo team

EA opens new iPhone studio
13th July 2009, 9:58am

News: EA opens new iPhone studio

8lb Gorilla wants to develop small, niche and cheap titles for Apple’s game platform

Nokia closes N-Gage studio
13th July 2009, 9:38am

News: Nokia closes N-Gage studio

Company axes its N-Gage development outfit, affecting some 100 jobs

Secret Duke Nukem game in development?
22nd June 2009, 2:49pm

News: Secret Duke Nukem game in development?

‘Well known’ developer working on another Duke Nukem game, set for release ‘mid-2010’

Microsoft's Kodu to launch by end of June
9th June 2009, 1:30pm

News: Microsoft's Kodu to launch by end of June

Microsoft's Xbox 360 game-maker almost ready for release

Will the Go re-ignite developer interest for PSP? Sony thinks so
1st June 2009, 1:01pm

News: Will the Go re-ignite developer interest for PSP? Sony thinks so

E3'09: New PlayStation Portable puts emphasis on shorter games to attract studios

Itagaki forms Tokyo Vikings
28th May 2009, 5:40pm

News: Itagaki forms Tokyo Vikings

New developer emerges following the Itagaki-Tecmo fallout

Triple-A dev model ‘no longer appealing’
20th May 2009, 5:11pm

News: Triple-A dev model ‘no longer appealing’

Developer Strawdog Studios says modern game deals are skewed in favour of the publisher

Factor 5 closes US dev studio
15th May 2009, 10:11am

News: Factor 5 closes US dev studio

Brash bankruptcy leads to shuttering of San Rafael office; Cologne team unaffected

PopCap: The ‘end’ of retail still a long way off
30th March 2009, 5:17pm

News: PopCap: The ‘end’ of retail still a long way off

VP of video game platforms Greg Canessa adds that casual firm is seeking new console development partners

Now Microsoft cuts console dev costs
25th March 2009, 10:47am

News: Now Microsoft cuts console dev costs

GDC 09: New 360 development kits part of effort to 'reduce the cost of art development'

Sony cuts cost of developing for PS3
24th March 2009, 4:45pm

News: Sony cuts cost of developing for PS3

GDC 09: Tool prices reduced, new software introduced and UK-made PhyreEngine is updated

Ex-Ensemble devs form Robot Entertainment
16th February 2009, 1:57pm

News: Ex-Ensemble devs form Robot Entertainment

Employees from defunct Age of Empires developer form new studio

Online dev mag arrives from Intel
26th November 2008, 10:43am

News: Online dev mag arrives from Intel

Visual Adrenaline offers tips on multi-threading and code optimisation for games devs

25 devs laid off at Gearbox
24th November 2008, 10:34am

News: 25 devs laid off at Gearbox

US independent makes up to 25 staff redundant, but Aliens project still in production

Only 4% of games make a profit
24th November 2008, 10:28am

News: Only 4% of games make a profit

UPDATED: EEDAR retracts figures – now claims that 20% of titles that make it to retail make a profit

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