Game industry business news

UK video games trade body UKIE has said that it will assist the Office of Fair Trading in its investigation into in-app-payments. The OFT this morning announced plans to investigate how companies offer IAPs in game amidst concerns that some publishers are specifically targeting children, some of whom may not …

A hacking group has been targeting game companies for years in order to steal source code, an antivirus report has found. Thereport, by Kaspersky Lab, has found that a China-based group known as Winnti has been stealing source code and legitimate digital certificates for software using a trojan. The antivirus …

Cybercriminals target game companies to steal from online games

A new Ridge Racer has been announced – although it’s probably not the game you expected. It’s called Ridge Racer Driftopia and, crucially, will be free-to-play on both PS3 and PC. It’s due out some time later this year. The game is being developed by Flatout’s Bugbear Entertainment. As you …

SuperSike Games’ runner-up entry from last year’s Square Enix Game Development Contest India, Yet Another Bird Game, is headed to the App Store soon. Since the conclusion of the contest, the Delhi-based indie developer has been polishing up the game further and is now close to releasing it on the …

The creator of indie gaming hit Minecraft is in the running to be named as the second most influential person in the world. That’s according to the 2013 edition of The Time 100 Poll, which is currently allowing readers to vote on 100 different entries before editors make their final …

1988 was an important year. The Iran-Iraq War ended. The English Pound Note ceased to be legal tender, and laws are changed to allow pubs to stay open all day. Bruce Willis dropped Alan Rickman off a building in Die Hard. Jessie J was born. And in Wimbledon, three men …

Wii owners will lose access to a number of the machine’s online functions this summer. CVG reports that the Nintendo, News, Weather, Everybody Votes and Mii Contest Channels will be switched off for good on June 28th. Also going is the ability to send messages on the Wii Message Board …

Crytek’s Kinect action game, Ryse, is now a launch title for the new Xbox, as is a new Forza game with super life-like” visuals, a new report has suggested. Rumours of Ryse being moved to next-gen have been doing the rounds for a while, although Crytek has remained tight-lipped on …

2.67m boxed games were sold last month in what was a decent March for retail. That number is a slight 1.5 per cent drop over the same period in 2012, but it’s a big improvement over the significant declines posted in January and February. In fact, games stores generated 70.6m …