Game industry business news

Sony has removed the Vita Facebook application from both US and Europe PSN Stores following reports from owners of error codes when trying to access the social network on the device. Vita owners have been unable to log in to Facebook for much of the day, with error code NP-13144-3 …

Sony to release multiplayer as a free download for PS3

While Facebook grows, number of gamers remains stagnant

THQ’s UFC Undisputed 3 helped the UK games retail market rise 10.2 per cent to generate 14m last week. There was also retail price activity on many boxed games. This caused a 14.8 per cent increase in overall unit sales which reached 615,298 during the week ending February 18th. EA’s …

Game Closure rejects offers from Facebook, Zynga, Gree, and Motorola

Hubertz: Social networks are not the only route to success

In what is certainly a very unusual move, online file-sharing giant RapidShare has chosen to deliberately slow its download speed for non-registered users. The site denies that this is simply a tactic to drive users to its registered, paying users. Instead, it claims the decision was made to make the …

The new boss of Argos says he has been given a clean sheet from Home Retail Chairman Oliver Stocken to embark upon a brand new strategy for the catalogue retailer. And speaking to Bloomberg, John Walden said that he’s open to the idea of potentially using Argos stores in a …

Burnout developer looking for A-level and university candidates

One of the most successful Japanese console game developers has predicted that the console market will continue to shrink and in its place will rise a stronger, dominant portable games market. Consoles – PS3, PS4, Xbox 360-2 – the market for those will get smaller, and the main market will …