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Starbreeze confirms layoffs
Swedish developer Starbreeze Studios has confirmed 25 staff have been laid off after the completion of Syndicate for publisher EA.
The company also confirmed to gamesindustry.biz that Peter Tornquist is to resign from the board of directors, and will not be replaced.
Talking Spry Fox
This is the second part of our interview with CEO of Triple Town developer Spry Fox, David Edery, about his studio's fortunes.
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We discuss Triple Town's Playdom deal: "We’re passionate about staying small and making interesting innovative games and not constantly feel the pressure to lay off employees anytime something goes wrong."
UKIE calls for relaxed crowdfunding control
UK trade association UKIE has called on government to relax regulation on crowdfunding to improve access to finance for independent developers.
Currently, UK legislation and regulation forbids return-based investment, meaning UK developers could not raise funds for a project and promise investors a share of the sales proceeds. It's designed to prevent investors unwittingly getting sucked in to pyramid or Ponzi schemes, but UKIE believes the rise of crowdfunding means a lighter touch is required.
Monolith investigating Gotham City Impostors bug
Monolith says it is doing everything in its power to fix a bug in Gotham City Impostors that is completely wiping players' stats.
A member of the studio's community management team started a thread on the game's official forums last week, asking those affected to post details of the problem. At the time of writing the thread spans 71 pages.
Opinion: Should tweets be taken so seriously?
Earlier this week, the unthinkable happened: Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson got annoyed about Twitter.
Like it or not, the social network has become a prime source of news; a trend that is far from specific to the gaming press, but when one of the most open and charismatic developers in the business has so publicly bristled at his tweets being reported by gaming media, it warrants another look.
The Friday Game: Super Samurai Sweeper
This Friday, you owe it to yourself to spend you lunchtime playing Nerdook Productions' Super Samurai Sweeper. It’s a feisty blend of the old and the new. It’s clever and pretty and surprisingly deep.
Out There: Martin Amis is a great game writer
If you only read one (other) article today, make it this account of Martin Amis' fabled book on arcade game culture, Invasion Of The Space Invaders.
Kotick joins Coca-Cola board
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has been appointed to the board of directors at The Coca-Cola Company.
Kotick, 59, was a member of the Yahoo board for five years until 2008. In addition to his seat on the Coca-Cola board, he has also been appointed to the company's management development committee.
Guilty Gear returns
The Guilty Gear series is to return to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and arcade, developer Arc System Works has revealed.
Andriasang brings word from this week's AOU Amusement Expo in Japan that Arc is, unusually, to port a console game to the arcade, in this case Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, released for PlayStation 2 in 2008.
Sony completes Sony Ericsson buyout
Sony has completed the buyout of its partnership with Sony Ericsson.
The deal, announced in October, nets Ericsson €1.05 billion (£870m) in return for its 50 per cent stake in the partnership, which began in 2001.
Journey released next month
Thatgamecompany's long-awaited PSN adventure Journey will be released on March 14 in the US and a day later in Europe, the developer has confirmed.
iOS Game Center to go cross-platform
Mac OS X will support Apple's gaming social network with the release of 10.8 Mountain Lion, a paid update that will be released in summer. Like Game Center on iOS, which was launched in 2010, its Mac incarnation will include support for achievements, scoreboards, online play, game invites and matchmaking, and add cross-platform play and in-game voice chat.
Notch: "Stop hyping, internet"
Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson has revealed his frustration at his every word being taken as fact, saying that unless people "stop hyping" he'll stop being "open and transparent on Twitter."
The Mojang co-founder says in a blog post that his offer on Twitter to fund a sequel to Double Fine's Psychonauts was made "semi-jokingly" and should not have been taken so seriously.
Lego Minecraft unveiled
Mojang and The Lego Group have revealed the first official pictures of Lego Minecraft Micro World.
The Minecraft-inspired Lego set will be released this summer for $34.99 / €34.99, but can be preordered from today. Each set contains four modular cubes, the surface of which can be removed to reveal mines and hidden resources beneath. Also included are two of the game's most iconic characters: Steve and a Creeper.
Jazz: Trump's Journey review
It isn’t often that one thinks of To Kill A Mockingbird while playing a game, much less one that costs £1.99. But where Harper Lee used humour and innocence to expose racism from the viewpoint of a child, French developer EggBall Games pulls off a similar feat by filtering its difficult subject matter through the lens of a traditional platformer.
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