Game industry business news

The days of Xbox 360 being a red smudge on the otherwise robust financials of Microsoft are nothing but a distant memory now as once again the company’s Xbox 360 operations have reported strong numbers in the quarter ending September 30th 2010. Revenues at Microsoft’s console business climbed 33 per …

Contact Sales expects its business to grow by 25 per cent this year, courtesy of the PC software market. The UK company owns the Excalibur Publishing and First Class Simulations labels and has released a wide range of PC titles over the course of the year. Contact Sales MD Robert …

Digital distributor TripleACodes has inked a new deal with MMO developer Funcom. The company is now an official distributor for Age of Conan products across Europe, such as game clients and subscription codes. It will also distribute Funcom’s first expansion pack for the MMO, Rise of the Godslayer, which was …

Ed Fries reveals the tumultuous 24 months that led to the launch of Microsoft's console

One of the leading lights of the 3D entertainment movement has said that the current problems dogging the 3D TV market – i.e. the need to wear glasses – mean that the technology can’t hope to make a mainstream breakthrough for another decade. Well, we see the world in 3D,” …

The upcoming Google TV platform is poised to welcome dedicated games functionality – a move that could enable the platform to squarely rival dedicated consoles such as Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii. Google TV is a software platform that will come included in the innards of some new TVs or …

The new manager of Microsoft owned UK developer Rare has told MCV that the progress made in Kinect game development over recent months points to an amazing future for the device as studios continue to discover new ways to implement the technology. Rare has actually developed quite a bit of …

Zenimax Media has acquired Shinji Mikami’s new Tokyo-based studio, Tango. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though this month Zenimax raised $150m for what it deemed a ‘tactical buyout’. Mikami, the creator of Resident Evil and numerous other hit titles, said it was refreshing to find a publisher …

It already lies at the heart of PC hits such as World of Warcraft and Starcraft II, and now it looks as if Blizzard’s online network Battle.net could in future be integrated into leading Activision products such as Call of Duty. I’ll tell you this – Bobby Kotick and all …

Chillingo, the iPhone game publisher that EA acquired this month, has sold over 2m copies of Cut The Rope in just three weeks. "Our new partnership with EA enables us to expand [the game’s] prospects, visibility and reach to make more of an impact than ever before,” said Chillingo general …