Game industry business news

On one side politicians fiddle their expenses and ex-royals cash in on their relatives. On the other newspapers and TV channels back the party Murdoch has done a deal with, and in-between times their competitions milk us for our hard-earned money. We increasingly live in an age of consumer cynicism …

It was once the global leader in the mobile phone market, but the rise of competitors such as Samsung, Apple and Google has seen Nokia’s grip on the sector reach a new low. Research firm IDC claims that Korean tech giant Samsung has now become the leader in the ‘featurephone’ …

Major publisher figureheads such as EA’s John Riccitiello, Sony’s Jack Tretton, Take Two’s Strauss Zelnick and Dinsey Interactive’ Graham Hopper have expressed their concern that the potential introduction of new laws controlling the sale of video games could have a major impact on the sector’s viability in North America. In …

Sony has revealed its launch titles and promotional plans for PlayStation Move in Japan, including prices and hardware bundles. The motion-sensing device will launch on October 21st – more than one month after the US and UK releases on September 19th and September 15th respectively. A Move motion controller will …

Fans of the IP have long lamented the lack of many truly great games based on the Star Wars franchise, so any suggestion of the classic Super Star Wars trilogy making a return is bound to create a tremor in the Force. Beginning with JVC’s 1992 release Super Star Wars …

Publisher assures that finalists will retain game rights, and clears up confusion over the contest

It’s only been on retail shelves for a month, but Sega has already confirmed that it won’t be publishing a sequel to Obsidian’s latest RPG release Alpha Protocol. The game was released on May 28th and wasn’t that well received by reviewers, managing an average of just 63 per cent …

One of the highest-ranking executives at SCE has revealed the company is hard at work on future platform developments. In an exclusive interview with Develop magazine, Sony Worldwide Studios (WWS) boss Shuhei Yoshida candidly explained how Sony has learnt from past mistakes and is now building tech that developers can …

Sales of music games ARE falling – regardless of what MTV Games might think, says Guitar Hero developer Neversoft. MTV told MCV in May that, despite widespread reports, music game sales increased last year and it was just the peripherals that suffered year-on-year declines. But Neversoft says this isn’t true …

Malcolm Sparrow takes a long hard look at a life in the industry, and tries to decide if it is all really worthwhile...