Game industry business news

Microsoft posts record $18.06bn for past quarter, still sees net loss

Micosoft has announced fiscal results regarding the fiscal quarter ending June 30th, 2012. Although the company brought in a record of $18.06bn in revenue (compared to $17.37bn for the same quarter in 2011), it posted a net loss of $492m due to a ‘goodwill impairment charge’ of $6.2bn. The charge …

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Alan Duncan leaves PlayStation UK

Marketing director Alan Duncan has left SCE UK after almost 13 years at the platform holder. Duncan began his career in the games industry at GT Interactive in 1998, but joined Sony a year later as product manager. He then moved up to marketing manager and then marketing director, a …

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Dishonored dev: Games industry lacks variety

There are too many sequels and established IPs ruling the games market, says Dishonored and Half-Life 2 developer Viktor Antonov. Speaking to Eurogamer, Antonov (who works for Bethesda-owned studio Arkane) believes it has been a poor five years for fiction in the industry, and there was now a lack of …

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Read exclusive interviews with EA, UKIE and Gearbox in this week’s MCV

The latest issue of MCV is now available digitally, and it features interviews with Electronic Arts, UKIE and Borderlands developer Gearbox. That’s on top of the latest charts data from Chart-Track, the PlayStation Network, Steam, Apple and iOS. This week’s edition also asks what happens now PEGI is law and …

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PES 2013 demo hits July 25th

Konami announced today that the first playable demo of PES 2013 will be available on July 25th. The first demo will showcase new key features and lets gamers play with eight fully licensed teams. Available teams include England, Germany, Portugal, and Italy for European football and Santos FC, SC International, …

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Alienware Game Victorious 2012 Battlegrounds comes to India

High-performance PC gaming brand Alienware has launched an online gaming tournament for the Asia-Pacific region, which will be hosted on AlienwareArena.com. Aside from India, Alienware Game Victorious 2012 Battlegrounds is also open to competitive gamers from Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, Japan and China. The tournament is designed to …

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