Game industry business news

Image credit: Clément Alloing Airbus, a european company that designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aircraft, has unexpectedly returned to esports, announcing their sponsorship of new League of Legends team Out Of The Blue. There’s no information on the sponsorship and what that entails yet, as the news broke on Friday …

Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Origins has prevailed in the battle with Super Mario Odyssey to claim No.1 in this week’s UK charts. Origins’ week one sales are about level with 2015’s AC Syndicate, although revenues are higher thanks to the addition of some higher-price SKUs. Mario Odyssey comfortably beats the week …

The physical version of Rocket League will now be distributed by Warner Bros. The new worldwide agreement will see a new physical version of the PS4, Xbox One and PC game arriving at some point in the future. "Rocket League has such wide appeal across all audiences, it’s no wonder …

To the surprise of no one, Nvidia has finally announced its anticipated GTX 1070 Ti graphics card. The card will launch on November 2nd with an RRP of £419, which reflects the spot it will be occupying in Nvdia’s line-up between the vanilla 1070 and the 1080. The spec sheet …

Discovery remains one of Steam’s most significant unsolved puzzles. With the huge number of games hitting the service every week, the ability for potential buyers to find content relevant to them is crucial. Valve still believes its Curator program, which sees users following other users who maintain a list of …

The creator of successful online shooter Warframe has pulled the rug from under its next title. “After many discussions internally on the state of The Amazing Eternals, we have decided to hit the pause button on development at this time,” a Digital Extremes statement confirmed. “This decision didn’t come lightly. …

This week’s MCV looks at what the future of games could be, starting with the exciting opportunities rising in augmented reality. With all the smartphone tech right here in our hands, can AR thrive where VR has stalled? We talk to Climax, Kuju and Dream Reality Interactive to find out …

Amazon Game Studios’ has confirmed that one of its big three upcoming titles isn’t quite working out. Breakaway was one of three games announced by the company one year ago. However, following reports Amazon has confirmed that the game is effectively going back to the drawing board. At this point …

PC hardware manufacturer Acer has gained majority control of the Star VR platform holder from partner Starbreeze. The pair launched the joint project in spring 2016, when both agreed to invest $25m between them. To date both have invested $10m, and now the remaining cash will come from Acer. In …

Valve has finally started offering the ability for consumers to purchase digital Steam Gift Cards. To do so, the sender must have a Steam account of their own – something that could actually be fairly limiting, as lots of mums and dads and especially grans and grandads may not have …