Game industry business news

Publisher no longer associated with contentious Iraqi War title following sustained public outcry

Maryland-based group Bethesda Softworks has been cited as the new publisher of A2M’s forgotten acrobatic shooter, Wet. Wet – still in development at A2M’s offices in Canada – was one of numerous titles thought to have fallen victim to the Vivendi-Activision merger. Having lost its publisher for nearly a year, …

Social networking giant set to announce new measures that will give developers unprecedented levels of data

Gamesaid organisers have thanked attendees at this year’s MCV Awards for their excellent support of a fund-raising raffle. A total of 1,325 was raised on the night and it is hoped that people will now feel encouraged to add Gamesaid ideas to their own industry events going forward. The raffle …

In the next eight hours, another thousand will pop through. Some of them I’ll have written, contributing to this deluge. How can I possibly argue that the world needs more videogame websites? How can I seriously believe there is a single gap unexplored or demand unfulfilled? I argue it because …

Check out the RETAIL BIZ previews section for a look at some of the biggest games due for release within the next couple of months. Iconic archaeologist Indiana Jones leads the charge this week, as we preview his latest adventure in Activision Blizzard’s Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings. …

Empire Interactive has gone into administration, becoming the games industry’s latest victim of the recession. MCV can reveal that all staff at the firm’s London offices were sent home this week, and that the company is in the process of making all employees redundant. Russian distributor and publisher Noviy Disk …

Reliable trade sources have informed MCV that Warner Bros is readying a potential bid for Midway Games. It is thought that the LEGO publisher is particularly keen to acquire Midway’s flagship Mortal Kombat and Stranglehold franchises, as well as its retro IP such as Gauntlet adn Joust – and a …

Korean publisher NCsoft has announced that its popular MMO PC series Guild Wars has passed the six million unit sales mark just days ahead of its fourth birthday on April 28th. Unlike most traditional MMOs, Guild Wars if free-to-play, so whilst gamers have to pay for each expansion they do …

Alongside EA Sports’ Peter Moore and a video link-up with Wayne Rooney, the MCV Awards last night welcomed another very special guest – the Ecto 1 vehicle from Ghostbusters. And guests were given the opportunity to have their photos taken with the car and two Ghostbusters models for a special …