Game industry business news

Retailer GAME has reported a pre-tax loss of £10m for the year ending July 2017. In contrast, in the previous year it posted a £1.1m profit. Revenue was down 3.6 per cent year-on-year at £782.9m, while gross profit fell 5.7 per cent to £205.1m. As always, a “challenging” market was …

Tequila Works has spoken out to explain some of the performance issues that plague the delayed Switch version of the game. Complaints have included a perceptibly low resolution when played in portable mode, and frequent framerate drops. “RiME runs at 30 FPS in 720p throughout most of the game while …

GfK has gone on the record to MCV to report on the success of the Xbox One X’s week one sales in the UK. Dorian Bloch, business group director, at the market research company, told MCV exclusively that Xbox One X unit sales last week amounted to the 10th best …

Ben Payne has joined car company McLaren to help front its venture into the esports sector. He assumes the role of director of esports. He comes from Microsoft where he worked in third party marketing and events for Xbox and global campaigns for Windows. He has previously worked at Sega, …

Entertainment media network IGN has released a statement addressing the sexual harassment scandal that enveloped it over the weekend. Kallie Plagge spoke up last week concerning allegations of sexual abuse against former editor Vince Ingenito. Her allegations were detailed on Twitter and in an interview with Kotaku. Ingenito issued a …

Publisher EA is trying to remedy the huge fan unrest that has force choked Star Wars Battlefront II. The company has announced a 75 per cent price cut to the cost of unlocking heroes. It has also vowed to keep making changes until people are happy – although the presence …

Former IGN and current Gamespot editor Kallie Plagge shared her experiences via the #metoo campaign

It’s that time of year again. Yes, we know that your biggest releases are only just out the door, if that, but it’s time to start thinking about the 16th MCV Awards, to take place in early March next year.  The video games industry in the UK remains one of …

The German publisher is the latest to head in to the genre after the success of Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

Tencent revealed during it's investment announcement that games and ad sales are areas Snap Inc could explore