Game industry business news

Game quality assurance firms have felt a sizable decrease in their console projects, which has put pressure on some companies to seek new business from other parts of the entertainment sector. Parallel to this reduction in console projects, there has been an increase in tablet and mobile games, which is …

MCV and Gem kick off Indie Retail Month this week with the top new indies on the High Street. Over the last 12 months, the UK games market has lost almost 650 High Street stores. But the actual number of individual retailers has increased. Blockbuster, HMV and GAME still exist, …

There was a time when you couldn’t flick on Coronation Street without seeing Ant and Dec prance about on a Wii Fit Balance Board. If a game was worth stocking, it had a TV ad. And there were hundreds of them, often found alongside big football matches orThe X Factor. …

Sir Alex Ferguson might be calling time on his relationship with the beautiful game, but EA wants its love affair to continue. EA has announced an extension to its current licensing agreement with FIFA that runs all the way up until December 31st 2022, Polygon reports. The deal grants EA …

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Sony never believed that an always-on was a viable option for the PlayStation 4. Did we consider it? No, we didn’t consider it," said Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuei Yoshida in a chat withGame Informer Magazine, asreported by Gamespot. "The main reason being that many countries don’t have robust Internet …

America’s ongoing struggle to rationalise its gun laws has now affected the video game space. EA has announced that it will no longer be pursuing licensing agreements with arms manufacturers. However, this isn’t necessarily the U-turn that it first appears to be – EA still intends to feature branded guns …

Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with PDP. Performance Designed Products Sector:Gaming Accessories and MerchandiseYear Established:1990Number of employees:160Address:Siena Court, Broadway, Maidenhead, SL6 1NJ Key contacts:Chris Spearing, Managing Director – Europe: chris.spearing@pdp.comDavid Nelson, Sales Manager – UK: dave.nelson@pdp.comDavid Cornwell, Sales Manager – Europe: david.cornwell@pdp.comRuta Gavrilkeviciute, …

Microsoft has calculated a truly staggering figure for the monthly spend on unauthorised apps and in-app purchases in the UK. The Guardian has word of a Microsoft survey that pegs the number at an eye-watering 30.9m. It gathered this data by questioning 2,000 British parents who own a smartphone or …

The new-look Game Retail was forced to pay owners OpCapita a significant sum in the months following its buyout despite continuing to post a loss. The Telegraphreports that GAME posted a loss of 18.2m in the four months following its buyout last April – but in the same period still …