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Some of the biggest brands in games are not selling fast enough, forcing retail to slash 50 per cent off new releases. The High Street has even taken an axe to big sellers – such as Elder Scrolls – in a last ditch attempt to entice customers into stores. Since …

For a while I’ve been hopeful that more people will see the depth that 3DS has to offer. I don’t mean the 3D display – because, in many ways, that’s been a bit of a red herring. I mean the genuine potential that a high-powered Nintendo handheld can deliver. 3DS …

AMD will shed 10 per cent of the firm’s global work force as part of a restructuring plan designed to facilitate a "competitive cost structure," the chipmaker announced. The restructuring will trim $10 million in 2011 and $118 million in 2012. In addition to laying off around one in ten …

The UK’s most powerful retailer Tesco is to cut an estimated 34 roles from its non-food department. Marketing Magazine reports that difficult economic times” have been blamed, and in particular the poor performance of electronics and entertainment. The retailer says it hopes to find alternative jobs for all those affected, …

Nokia is to make 3,500 more staff redundant as the embattled mobile communications giant continues its cost-cutting operation. The Finnish phones group has said it will cut some 1,300 jobs from its location and commerce division, and also close its Cluj factory in Romania, at the cost of another 2,200 …

Electronic Arts has closed its Visceral outfit in Melbourne, a local developer association has confirmed. As many as 21 workers have been made redundant as part of the move, according to a tweet from the Melbourne Chapter of the International Game Developers’ Association. EA has not officially commented on the …

As many as twenty developers have been made redundant at Utah-based studio Avalanche, according to reports, as part of a substantial cutback operation underway at Disney. The Mickey Mouse media conglomerate has in the past year cut loose as many as 500 game dev jobs from its once-thriving development fleet. …

2K Czech, one of Europe’s leading triple-A studios, has lost more than 40 staff from a studio-wide redundancy operation. The job terminations have taken place across two studios operating under the 2K Czech brand. One group, based in Brno, has lost up to 40 developers, inside sources have told Develop. …

Sony has apparently made several cuts to the tech inside its upcoming Next Generation Portable in order to take on 3DS. According to French technology site 01net, translated by IndustryGamers, the base model of NGP could see its RAM memory halved, downgraded from 512MB to 256MB. 01net is the site …

Redundancies have been issued to a number of developers at Brighton studio Black Rock, Disney has told Develop. In a statement the firm said "Disney Interactive Studios confirms a reduction of its workforce from the Brighton-based internal game development studio, Black Rock Studios." The company did not state how many …