Game industry business news

There’s only a week left until this key night in the trade calendar. The PCR Awards 2013 take place on Thursday March 14th, at The Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington but there are only a few tickets left, so contactCarly.Bailey@intentmedia.co.ukif you need one – or more. Comedian Terry Alderton will host …

In the wake of an anti-same-sex marriage act in the US, publisher takes on hate in games

Last week we thought Deus Ex: Human Defiance might be the name of the next Deus Ex game. But a week is a long time ago. It seems that Human Defiance was in fact associated with the upcoming Deus Ex movie, as opposed to any new game releases. Don’t fret, …

Remember Lost Planet 3? It’s been almost a year since it was announced, but at last the game has a release date. Capcom has confirmed that the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title will arrive on June 28th in Europe. It will hit America earlier in the week on June …

This latest MCV– which isnow available to view online– discusses the state of the UK games industry. We reveal the value of the video games merchandise, mobile and events industries, and analyse the full Chart-Track market data for February. The issue also features an interview with the Sony UK team, …

A Kinect game being overseen by Pirates of the Carribean director Gore Verbinski has been abandoned. Verbinski was collaborating with Blind Wink Games on Matter, which was to be released via Xbox Live Arcade with Kinect as the primary focus of its gameplay. However, it now appears that Microsoft Studios …

DLC for Square Enix’s new adventure outing Tomb Raider will arrive first on Xbox Live thanks to a timed exclusivity agreement with Microsoft. The premium download will take the form of the Caves and Cliffs Multiplayer Map Pack, which will include three new multiplayer levels – Scavenger Caverns, Cliff Shantytown …

An event discussing LGBT issues in video gaming called EA Full Spectrum is taking place today in New York. EA Full Spectrum will bring together leaders from the LGBT and videogame community to talk about the state of hate in videogames, the origins of homophobia in games, the development of …

Sony’s decision to slash the Vita’s price to just 19,980 – that’s around 140! – has certainly reaped rewards. The powerful handheld shifted 62,543 units in Japan last week according to Media Create data. That’s a very significant jump over the 11,456 units sold the week before. It wasn’t quite …

Don’t believe the doom-mongers – our latest research shows the games market is doing better than you think. Our annual look at the total size of the games market taking into account all revenue streams shows that 2.892bn was spent on video games software, hardware and accessories in 2012. The …