Game industry business news

Valve continues to refine Steam Greenlight, adding several new features to its crowd-sourced indie games selection service. Valve’s community blog announces that game pages now feature an ‘Ask me again later’ button; on top of the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ voting options. When games or software are skipped over, they will …

In a demonstration of both ignorance and apparent loyalty, US Senator Lamar Alexander has spoken out against video games – calling them a bigger problem than guns”, because they affect people.” The Tennessee state republican representative made the seemingly indefensible statement during an appearance on The Daily Rundown with Chuck …

EA is shelving the recently rebooted Medal of Honor franchise, citing well below expectations” sales in what it calls a hit-driven business”. We are taking Medal of Honor out of the rotation and have a plan to bring year-over-year continuity to our shooter offerings,” said EA COO Peter Moore at …

EA and Sega may say otherwise, but Konami reckons Metal Gear Rising is the first blockbuster of 2013. The action game launches after Dead Space 3 and Aliens: Colonial Marines. But Konami has huge faith in the title. It’s even backing the game with its biggest campaign for a long …

Two versions of the BB10 on sale now: the Z10 and Q10

Persona fans will snap up PlayStation Vitas next month to play the latest game in the RPG series, says publisher Reef. Persona 4 Golden launches in the UK on February 22nd, with Reef Entertainment on distribution duty. We expect Persona 4 Golden to top the Vita charts on release just …

Zynga lost yet another executive today with the departure of Brian Reynolds. The company faced a mass exodus of its leadership last year, and the loss of its head game designer is certainly a poor way to ring in the new year. Reynolds was lead game designer on Firaxis’s Civilization …

Programming enters curriculum as core subject and becomes the fourth science

A saucy calendar is looking to take the gaming world by storm – by pairing classic consoles with scantily-clad women.” That’s a quote from The Sun, by the way. Because, y’know, tragically socially inept GAMING NERDS like you and I couldn’t possibly be aroused a picture of a GIRL unless …

Specialist games retailer Game4u has revealed exclusive preorder bonuses for some of this quarter’s biggest releases, including Dead Space 3, Crysis 3 and Tomb Raider. While PC and PS3 preorders for Dead Space 3 come with the EG 900 SMG and Enervator weapon DLC through most retailers, those who preorder …