Game industry business news

Atari Inc has been delisted from the Nasdaq share rankings in the US. Nasdaq previously told the firm that it had to bring its market value up to $15 million or more for ten consecutive business days before March 20th this year – but the publisher was unable to meet …

A new television series aimed at gamers will begin airing in the UK this week on cable and satellite channel Bravo. Playr is topical weekly magazine programme which reviews new releases, reports from the major gaming events and previews the biggest games first. The series will also have two spin …

Media specialist Handle Recruitment is expanding into the games space, and is actively seeking new clients. Handle had previously focused on the film and music industries, but also boasts clients such as SCE and Rockstar – with plans to make further gains into the ‘booming’ video game space. We’re conscious …

Take Two has signed a deal with Universal to produce a film based on last year’s smash hit Bioshock, to be headed up by Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski. According to Variety, Take-Two will receive a multi-million dollar advance, believed to be the biggest videogame-to-movie deal since 2005’s …

In an earnings call with investors following its most successful set of full-year financials ever, Activision has unveiled more details about the next instalment in the Call Of Duty series. The firm talked of a new ‘miliatary theatre’ and confirmed that the title would be released for 360, PS3, PC …

Ken Levine being 'regularly consulted' on project

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that shipments for the Gran Turismo series have broken through the 50 million mark. According to website Dengeki Online and translated by MCV, the figures encompass the seven titles released under the Gran Turismo brand since the PSOne original released in 1997. According to Sony’s …

Games and hardware played a crucial role in pushing HMV’s like-for like full year sales up 11.4 per cent in the UK and Ireland. The retailer also posted total sales gowth of 15.4 per cent in the region, for the 12 months ending April 26th. For the last 16 weeks …

Activision has reported a $344.9 million net profit for the 12 months to March 31st this year – up from $85.8 million in FY 2006-2007. The firm enjoyed $2.9 billion in revenues for the full fiscal year – almost double the $1.51 billion earned in the previous year. For its …

EA’s Pandemic studio has announced The Lord of the Rings: Conquest – an action-packed ‘blockbuster’ created by the same team behind the Star Wars: Battlefront games. Set in The Lord of the Rings universe depicted by Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning films, EA says that players will enjoy ‘epic battles’. The publisher …