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Reports: Electronic Arts Lays Off Employees In 'Seasonal Roll-offs'
Reports: Electronic Arts Lays Off Employees In 'Seasonal Roll-offs'
Reports point to layoffs for 100 or more EA employees from around the company -- which it says are part of seasonal staffing adjustments following the busy holiday production cycle.
Oct. 27, 2010
Analyst: Mobile Gaming To Be Worth $10B in 2014
Analyst: Mobile Gaming To Be Worth $10B in 2014
A market analysis by Futuresource Consulting predicts mobile games will draw worldwide revenues of $10 billion in 2014, up from the firm's current projections of nearly $6 billion in annual revenues for the space.
Oct. 27, 2010
Hydro Thunder Hurricane Dev: Self-Made Tech Key To Indie Success
Hydro Thunder Hurricane Dev: Self-Made Tech Key To Indie Success
Former EARS and Stormfront developer Matt Small writes in Gamasutra's latest postmortem that home-grown tech was essential to the success of the Summer of Arcade gam
Oct. 27, 2010
Microsoft's Spencer: Stereoscopic 3D Gaming Promising, Not 'Really Accessible' Yet
Microsoft's Spencer: Stereoscopic 3D Gaming Promising, Not 'Really Accessible' Yet
Microsoft VP Phil Spencer tells Gamasutra his company "isn't closing its eyes" to stereoscopic gaming on consoles, but the lack of home penetration for 3D TVs means the tech isn't "really... accessible".
Oct. 27, 2010
GDC Celebrates 25th Conference With Official History Outreach
GDC Celebrates 25th Conference With Official History Outreach
GDC 2011 organizers are announcing a call for written memories, photos and videos from the past twenty-four Game Developers Conferences, headed by digital historian Jason Scott.
Oct. 27, 2010
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - October 2010, Pt. 2
In-Depth: What The (Game) Papers Say - October 2010, Pt. 2
Magazine vet Kevin Gifford peeks inside the latest video game mags, this time looking at staff shake-ups at GamePro, features at Game Informer and a surprisingly thin November issue of EGM.
Oct. 27, 2010
Interview: Assassin's Creed's Brothers In Arms
Interview: Assassin's Creed's Brothers In Arms
Gamasutra's Simon Parkin sits down with the developers of Ubisoft Montreal's Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood to discuss the challenge of turning around a sequel in a blockbuster franchise in just 12 months.
Oct. 27, 2010
Sony Declines Comment On Purported 'PSP Phone' Images, Details
Sony Declines Comment On Purported 'PSP Phone' Images, Details
Images of an alleged prototype of Sony's 'PSP Phone', plus purported hardware specification details for the Android OS-based device, have hit the web. [UPDATE: Sony declined comment on the images.]
Oct. 27, 2010
Sony To Launch New 'PlayStation Rewards' Loyalty Program
Sony To Launch New 'PlayStation Rewards' Loyalty Program
Sony is unveiling PlayStation Rewards, a free new loyalty program for PlayStation users that aims to incentivize and reward its users for playing games and engaging with the community.
Oct. 27, 2010
Havok Buys Kore Virtual Machine
Havok Buys Kore Virtual Machine
Middleware company Havok has bought the Kore Virtual Machine product and tech, and will rebrand it as Havok Script -- a stand-alone product that will ultimately interact with the rest of the Havok tool portfolio.
Oct. 27, 2010
Oracle’s Ellison challenges former SAP head Apotheker in court showdown
Oracle’s Ellison challenges former SAP head Apotheker in court showdown
Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison has challenged former SAP chief executive Leo Apotheker to testify in court over an IP theft suit brought by Oracle against SAP.
Oct. 27, 2010
Retail sector hit hardest by targetted cyber attacks in October, report reveals
Retail sector hit hardest by targetted cyber attacks in October, report reveals
Targetted cyber attacks have increased significantly in the past five years, Symantec's latest MessageLabs Intelligence report has revealed.
Oct. 27, 2010