Multiple sources are confirming that Microsoft has already starting making cuts as part of its initial 1,400 layoffs: Venturebeat reports that Chris Early, general manager of Games for Windows Live, the online gaming service for gamers who...

Kotaku has unearthed a US Department of Labor injunction alleging that Sensory Sweep has not paid its staff $2 million in back pay. With over three months pay owing, and an injunction preventing the shipping of a...

GamaSutra is reporting that Washington-based Aces Studio has seen substantial layoffs as part of Microsoft’s restructuring. Aces Studio is responsible for MS Flight Simulator, one of the longest-running franchises in the games industry. The studio is also...

It’s been a hard week in the technology sector: Sony announced it would make an operating loss of $3 billion in the year to March 2009 which, suggests the FT, means that the company is bleeding about...

Sega has confirmed that 30 employees will be let go from the North American division. GigaOm has further details. 30 more jobs added to the JobLossTracker.

Publisher Aspyr has made 30 staff redundant. The company, based in Austin, Texas, has reduced headcount by as much as a third. Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

Following recent news of redundancies at Factor 5, sources suggest that the studio may have closed its doors entirely. While there has been no official statement, Shacknews and IGN are both reporting that Factor 5 has closed,...