Game industry business news

GamesAid Golf & Spa Day – only a few spaces left

Time is running out if you want to sign up for this year’s GamesAid Golf & Spa Day. There are only a few places left for the popular industry charity event, which will once again be held at The Grove in Watford on Thursday, July 12th. As always the golf …

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Bobby Kotick joins Coca-Cola Board

The Coca-Cola Company has appointed Activision CEO Bobby Kotick to its Board of Directors. As part of the move, the exec is placed on the company’s management development committee. The move follows higher than expected results for Activision in its latest financial report. "Bobby brings an entrepreneurial mindset and a …

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There’s more to games media than ABCs

Future’s Steve Payne explains why you can no longer judge the games media on ABC and traffic numbers alone It’s ABC time, which will mean some discouraging circulation decreasing in the gaming sector. Then comes lots of bad news about the declining importance of magazines to the modern gamer. Afterwards, …

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THQ rumoured to close Japan publishing arm

THQ is set to close its Japan publishing arm at the end of this month, according to reports. These suggest the decision was made to close the office after the recent well-documented financial troubles of its parent company, based in North America. THQ recently axed 240 staff, with CEO Brian …

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Further decline for games mags in 2011 ABCs

Circulation figures for the UK’s specialist games mags fell across the board, according to the latest figures from audit bureau ABC. Future’s NGamer – recently rebranded to Nintendo Gamer – and Imagine’s Play suffered the worst declines, losing more than a quarter of their readership compared to the same period …

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