Game industry business news

Leading financial and retail experts are all eyeing up a move for GAME Group. But as-of-yet only one has made a firm offer. Some GAME rivals have even readied funds in preparation of a possible administration – with the firm’s 19.4m loyalty card database and GAME.co.uk domain amongst the targets. …

Tax breaks might not last forever, warns Richard Wilson; games sector must fight to defend them

Senior industry sources say GameStop has found another reason not to make an offer for GAME: France. Three weeks ago we reported on industry speculation that claimed GameStop would ideally like to buy GAME assets that would give it a foothold in the British and Iberian markets, but doesn’t want …

Whatever happens to GAME, you can’t say its 6,000 UK employees didn’t put up a fight. Hundreds of store staff lobbied MCV this week with defaced and ‘updated’ versions of our contentious March 16th cover, where we stated that the GAME that we once knew was gone. Despite the uncertainty …

GAME UK has attracted the attention of "five or six" potential buyers, Retail Week is reporting. Meanwhile, a further 20 suitors are interested in the company’s international assets – with its Portugal and Spain outlets the most attractive prospects. As widely rumoured, GameStop is amongst the top suitors. But according …

OMGPOP, developer of the popular and addictive Pictionary style app Draw Something, has been acquired by Zynga. The social and online games publisher officially announced the news after a day or two of widespread speculation on the potential acquisition. "The OMGPOP team has created a game that’s fun, expressive and …

Blizzard and NetEase have announced a renewed licensing agreement to operate World of Warcraft in China. The new deal takes care of any potential concerns ahead of the upcoming launch of Mists of Pandaria, the fourth major expansion for the MMO. The companies originally came together back in 2009, with …

Microsoft is set to announce launch details for the much anticipated Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft sometime later today. Play XBLA is currently running a countdown, stating it will be the first outlet with news of the release date along with other new info for the console port. It was …

'Eye-popping' data from Zynga shows why it bought the social game surprise

Deal believed to be worth $210m, and is part of social giant's wider mobile push