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Thief steals UK #1

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Thief can boast the second highest sales for a number one title behind FIFA 14, and far surpasses the last Thief title, Thief: Deadly Shadows, to be released. It saw 46 per cent of its sales on PlayStation 4, with just 29 per cent on Xbox One, 14 per cent on Xbox 360 and 8 per cent on PlayStation 3. Read More

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Sony Corp. outlines further cuts

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Sony Corp. revealed 5000 imminent job cuts with its financial results earlier this month, and the company has now clarified that 1000 of those will hit its Sony Electronics business, reducing the division’s global headcount by a third. In addition, 20 Sony retail stores in North America will be closed. Read More

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Layoffs at Sony Santa Monica

Sony Santa Monica is best known as the studio behind the God of War series (including last year’s God of War: Ascension), but it has also provided office space and support for a variety of other developers and projects, including Giant Sparrow’s The Unfinished Swan, and Superbot’s PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. Read More

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Call of Duty Elite shutdown on Friday

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“We encourage fans to download the Call of Duty app for Call of Duty: Ghosts, which allows players to customize their multiplayer character and weapons loadouts on the go, keep track of their Call of Duty: Ghosts stats, and features Call of Duty Clan Wars, where players can compete for cool, exclusive in-game gear.” Read More

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Oculus Rift production halted

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Oculus VR has suspended production of its Rift virtual reality headset following a shortage of parts, according to a recent statement from the company.

“Certain components used in the Oculus Rift developer kit are no longer being manufactured, meaning they are no longer available to us for production. As a result, we don’t have the necessary materials to produce additional kits,” Oculus VR posted on Reddit.
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Abertay University now home to largest teaching lab in Europe

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Today PlayStationFirst opens the largest teaching lab in Europe at Abertay University in Dundee, offering students access to PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 development kits, and 30 new PlayStation Vita development kits. Read More

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PlayStation 4 sells 320k in Japan

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According to the popular Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, 322,083 consoles were sold in two days in Sony’s native market – narrowly beating the Wii U, which sold 308,570 units in the same time period. Read More

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