Game industry business news

Argos has announced a UK-first Fast Track delivery trial that guarantees its customers will be the first in the country to receive Microsoft’s Xbox One X. The ambitiously-named Minute-Past-Minute delivery option will be trialled across London Zones 1-5 and promises that customers will receive the console on their doorstep just …

Starbreeze and Acer have announced a new capitalisation plan for its virtual reality headset, StarVR. Under the new agreement, Acer will now contribute $5m to the joint venture and increase its interest to 66.7 per cent. Starbreeze, meanwhile, will be relieved from its remaining captial commitment of $7.5m and its …

The sports entertainment company along with an NBA and NHL franchise owner, a baseball player and many others all invested to help Cloud9 improve facilities

A score of UK games industry veterans have called on the government to increase support for the sector by funding a new national agency, the British Games Institute (BGI). First proposed at the end of last year by Ian Livingstone and Rick Gibson, the BGI has now taken to Change.org to get …

Twitch has marked the occasion of their own TwitchCon event by releasing a series of milestones showing how several key performance indicators (KPI) have grown, in addition to shedding some light on what’s next for the streaming platform. The news was shared in TwitchCon2017’s keynote address, given by CEO Emmett …

Facebook has announced the next phase of its Instant Games Platform. The changes will be made available via two updates that include more monetisation options and scaling tools for developers to allow them to submit and launch more games.  Launched last year, Instant Games for Messenger started with just 20 …

Digital Switch exclusive Kamiko has sold over 110,000 copies, co-founder and CEO of Circle Entertainment Chris Chau has told Nintendo Life. Developed by two-person Japanese outfit Skipmore and published by Flyhigh Works with assistance from Circle Entertainment, the game has been one of the console’s early digital hits, joining the …

Publisher Wired Productions has announced it’s awarded $10,000 to charity Take This as part of its first mental health awareness campaign. Initially unveiled back in August of this year, 25 per cent of all net receipts from digital sales of LKA’s The Town of Light sold within the promotional window were donated …

After three consecutive weeks at No.1, FIFA 18 has lost the top spot in the UK weekly charts. Having launched early last week, PS4 exclusive Gran Turismo Sport debuted at No.1. As GfK points out, it’s the first appearance of the 19 years old franchise on a current-gen console, as …

Twitch has announced a massive increase in revenue year-on-year, paying more than double the amount of money to individual partners in 2017 compared to last year. The exact figure is currently unknown, but on average 71 per cent more money was generated this year, with Twitch Prime bringing in 50 per cent more …