Game industry business news

Time’s running out if you want to join Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft and Gem as one of the companies signed up to this year’s MCV/Xbox 360 Christmas Pub Quiz. The even takes place on December 1st at London’s Sway Bar. Others who have entered teams include Lygo, Turner Media Innovations, Future …

Having enjoyed in-store success with its technology offering, HMV has now opened its first dedicated technology store. Called HMV Techshop, it’s located in London’s One New Change shopping centre in a 1,200 sq ft store located where Foyles bookstore used to be. It will stock an array of products such …

Nearly half of us in the UK have dropped our mobile phone down the toilet, it is claimed. 31 per cent of handset damage is liquid-based, and men appear to be the most clumsy users. Of the water damage victims 73 per cent were male while 27 per cent were …

Majora’s Mask was my shit.” MOVIE STAR Robin Williams named his daughter after Princess Zelda. Instead of simply divorcing her father and changing her name, Zelda Williams embraced the name and the series and is now helping Nintendo promote the franchise via TV ads – and the Zelda Symphony Concert …

This week is a huge five days for big releases, and GAME is hoping to grab as much market share as possible with a raft of great offers. Tomorrow sees the release of two huge games – Microsoft’s Halo Combat Evovled: Anniversary Edition and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, and GAME …

Company talks up OnLive and Gaikai

The Virtual Console version of Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers will offer online multiplayer over Nintendo’s network. It’s a surprise addition to the game, but certainly a welcome one – particularly when you consider how unwilling many publishers have been to rework any of the elements in their …

We speak to Bernhard Schulenburg about his delightful indie game

Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has assumed its pre-determined position at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It helped the UK games sector to its biggest weekly return ever, making 120.8m, beating previous record holder Week 45 in 2010. MW3 revenue for the …

Upcoming THQ title Saints Row: The Third will implement the complete digital arsenal current available to modern publishers. Joystiq has confirmed that the game will include an Online Pass needed to access the game’s multiplayer features. As always, those who buy the game second-hand will have to fork out an …