Game industry business news

Forget the buzzwords and gimmicks that are swamping games – we asked sponsors of this week’s London Games Conference to tell us what they thought things like online content and digital distribution really mean for our industry. Read on for insight into the trade’s future. Follow the links below to …

Digital distribution has had a profound impact on the games industry, the effects of which we are just starting to see. Not only has it revolutionised the way in which we buy and consume media, but it has effectively made global markets a much easier place to do business. Nearly …

With credit card spending set to decline by another 2.7 per cent at the end of 2010 and worldwide economies still sluggish, everyone is looking for a good news story. Fortunately, InComm has one. We were the first to launch digital content gaming cards with top tier gaming brands, and …

What is the future of online multiplayer gaming? In many ways, it has already arrived. Since online multiplayer first appeared as an add-on or bonus for console games less than a decade ago, it has evolved into a dominant feature of the gaming industry itself. Some estimates put the current …

As the scope of gaming becomes broader, a narrow focus can only hinder your company. Specialising in one field, one service or one business model has seen many a good company go under, and while others have been able to make such an approach work, the majority of us have …

We are all going through challenging times and to stay ahead we need to place ourselves strategically in the industry. At AGI, we now have the independency to drive our business into many new areas and focus on real innovations and creativity. We are a global leader in marketing communication, …

At the start of the decade when I joined the games industry as a community manager for Ubisoft, such a role within publishing was relatively unknown. Long before Facebook, developing a community of like-minded gamers was reserved primarily for ‘core‘ PC gamers who were looking to enhance their game experience …

Platform holder Sony has detailed its exact Move slate both now and for the weeks ahead – and it shows just how much owners of the motion-sensitive controller have to look forward to. Currently available offerings include Sports Champions, Brunswick Pro Bowling, Toy Story 3, The Shoot, Lord of the …

When Microsoft chose to cancel pioneering online game show 1 vs 100 earlier this year it promised that it would be applying the lessons it had learnt to a future project – and now we have an idea of what exactly that it likely to be. An invitation sent by …

ZeniMax Media has reportedly acquired Swedish developer Machinegames, as revealed by an anonymous industry-monitoring Twitter post and corresponding business papers. The tweet, posted on November 1st, reads Zeminax has also acquired Magnus Hogdahl’s new studio. I wonder if it will bleed talent like Starbreeze.” The statement was then apparently verified …