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• Games media publisher Future shutting down outlets, laying off 170

  Future, the publisher behind outlets such as Edge, GamesRadar, PC Gamer, and CVG, is going through some hard times. It will be shutting down some of its gaming websites and laying off a large number of staff.

• Edge publisher Future to cut jobs, business "isn’t working hard enough"

  Future Publishing, the media outlet responsible for Edge, CVG and The Golden Joystick Awards, will begin laying off staff as it restructures around a single content and marketing team.

• Future axes 55 jobs amid restructure, CEO issues internal memo

  Future Publishing has let go 55 employees as part of its restructuring efforts.

• EDGE announce key roles for new editors

  Future has today announced the appointment of Neil Long as Editor of EDGE Online and Nathan Brown as Games Editor across the entire brand.

• Next-gen Xbox detailed in last issue of Xbox World - rumor

  The last issue of Xbox World promises to go out with a bang as it contains eight pages of everything there is to know about the next Xbox console.

• Xbox World and PSM3 to no longer be published, says Future

  Xbox World and PSM3 magazines in the UK will no longer be published, Future has confirmed as a measure to focus on digital growth.

• PlayStation: The Official Magazine US shuttered

  Future Publishing’s US arm has confirmed it will cease production of PlayStation: The Official Magazine.

• Nintendo Gamer magazine to no longer be published, says Future

  Another Nintendo-branded magazine has been culled from the fold: today, Future Publishing announced it would discontinue its independent magazine, Nintendo Gamer. “After careful consideration we’ve taken the decision to close Nintendo Gamer magazine,” publisher Lee Nutter told CVG. “However, with Future’s ongoing strategy to drive digital growth across its international, digitally-focussed brand business, the website, […]

• EDGE now available in app form

  Our friends at EDGE have launched an iPad app. The digital version of Future UK’s venerable trade mag is on sale at half-price until July 18, at £1.99/$2.99/€2.49. It promises more content than the print edition as well as interactive elements like video and even free iOS games. There’s even a free sample. Top stuff […]

• CVG launches dedicated Australian portal

  Future Publishing Australia has officially debuted its Australian CVG team.

• Future announce Edge Magazine staff changes

  Future Publishing has announced some staff changes and shuffles to Edge magazine, promoting Alex Wiltshire to Editor and appointing Nathan Brown as Online Editor.

• Musical chairs: Intent and Future shuffle staffing

  Today’s seems to be the day for games journalism job announcements, with Intent Media and Future both announcing a number of staff changes and hires.

• Future reshuffles games team, Clark becomes group senior editor

  Future has announced a restructure in its games editorial team in order to increase its digital business.

• Future to merge UK, US businesses to make "a single global product line"

  Future’s announced this disappointing results for its FY11 this morning, with revenue down and debt up.

• Official PlayStation Magazine UK launches website

  Future’s opened the gates to the website of Official PlayStation Magazine UK at long last. The website’s been promised for a long, long time, but only now has it finally gone live. Watch editor Ben Wilson give a full, proper introduction to the website and the OPM team below the break. Big congrats chaps!

• Ingham quits CVG, returns to Intent

  MCV’s confirmed that CVG editor Tim Ingham has quit the site and will be returning to Intent to edit Music Week. Ingham joined Future from Intent, where he previously worked on MCV’s site, in 2009. He won the best online writer award at the GMAs last year. Simon Maxwell, group publisher for Future’s games and […]

• PSM3 relaunches new look with Skyrim world exclusive

  Future’s announced details and shown off the brand new PSM3 magazine, promising a 12 page world exclusive look at The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, as well as an interview with Team Bondi boss Brendan McNamara. The magazine will also include QR codes to “see exclusive videos and supplementary content from the wider world of PlayStation.” […]

• Report - Future UK to lay off 100 staff

  Up to at least 100 staff will be laid off at Future UK, according to an MCV report.

• Tuesday Shorts II: Analysts, GoG, Black Prophecy, Theatrhythm, Future on PSN

  Tuesday’s second batch of shorts are here. Get ’em while they’re hot, etc.