Game industry business news

The first annual Games Careers Week will soon be upon us, but how did this industry-wide push for diversity and employability come to be?

"We’ve seen spikes of interest in gaming before, but the accelerated adoption of digital distribution models means that this demand for content is now being met sustainably"

By engaging with the awards in a more combative manner we are actually supporting it and legitimising it

Who won and who might feel a little hard done by

"The fear of taking risk or of the unknown just does not play well in a typical Western corporate culture"

Experimental interactive event Rival Peak, has come to the end of its 12-week scheduled season, and clocked up a massive 100m minutes of viewing time.  The series was co-created by Genvid Technologies, Pipeworks Studios, and DJ2 Entertainment. And consisted of a virtual reality show, where AI contestants, guided in their …

It’s clear that the mobile games sector has attracted more players than ever, but will they stay?

Gaming hardware company Razer recorded a huge year on year growth of 48 per cent yesterday as its revenues for the full year 2020 soared to $1.2bn. Showing that it’s more than just digital games that have benefitted from the lockdown. The growth in sales drove gross profits up by …

Genshin Impact is the fastest title to surpass the $1 billion milestone on the App Store and Google Play, beating the likes of Pokemon GO and Lineage M

Amiqus’ Liz Prince speaks to Rare’s D&I Lead Veronica (Vee) Heath and Executive Producer Louise O’Connor about the importance that leadership teams play in diversity and inclusion strategies