Game industry business news

The UK Government hasmade public its response to the Livingstone-Hope Skills Review, which in February this year made recommendations to include computer science into the national curriculum. The statement from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport makes 85 distinct responses to the Livingstone-Hope report, which itself set out twenty …

A new report from The New York Times claims that Angry Birds creators Rovio rebuffed an astonishing $2.25bn takeover offer from Zynga in the summer. The context placed on the revelation is that potentials targets are being scared off by a ruthless corporate culture that, while serving Zynga well on …

Department for Culture, Media and Sport publishes eagerly awaited reply

It may be tough times on the High Street, but online retailers are expecting their most successful Xmas yet. IMRG and Kelkoo both estimate 13.5bn will be spent in the UK online during the next four weeks, up 14 per cent over 2010.And consumers will be spending earlier than ever …

'The economic and cultural value of the UK's video games and VFX sectors presents a great opportunity for UK-based businesses'

Online auction giant eBay is hitting the High Street this week with the support of at least two games retailers. Both Zavvi and Comet will have a presence at eBay’s temporary Christmas Boutique store in London’s West End from Thursday, December 1st to Monday, December 5th.Customers will be able to …

The Government has admitted that teaching children about computers is seriously "in need of reform". In an official response to the Livingstone-Hope Next Gen report published nine months ago, a lengthy statement from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport concedes that interactive computer teaching in the UK is "insufficiently …

Apple is close to beginning commercial manufacturing of the Apple TV set-top box for a late 2012 release, it has been reported. TheGuardianclaims that Japanese firm Sharp has been asked to begin commercial production of the TV’s in February, ready for sale in the second half of next year. Apple …

Earnest and reputable mainstream newspaper The Daily Telegraph has today run a headline warning parents about the dangers of videogames. The print edition ran the headline ‘Video Games Sending Kids Crazy’, while online the tag was ‘Games Wage War on Young Minds.’ Meanwhile, thefull articlecarried the significantly more descriptive headline …

The eventual fate of both the PlayStation Vita and the handheld console sector remains to be seen, but if the consumer appetite in Hong Kong is anything to go by, Sony has nothing to worry about. A report on Engadget China, as translated by Joystiq, says that the opening of …