Game industry business news

As the UK charts have hinted in recent weeks, both with the launch of Activision’s Destiny 2 and Bandai Namco’s Project CARS 2, the ever-increasing move to digital is showing no signs of slowing down. Destiny 2’s launch sales, for instance, were over 50 per cent down on its predecessor, …

Q4 has now officially launched with the release of FIFA’s new entry, which once again debuted at No.1 to impressive sales. Two days on shelves were enough for EA’s FIFA 18 to take the top spot by a wide margin. Sales may be down 25 per cent compared to Week …

Sony has announced a brand-new PlayStation credit card for the US that lets gamers earn points on their everyday purchases and PlayStation Store items. Revealed in partnership with Capital One, the Visa card comes with a number of benefits, including a $50 PlayStation Store code after the first purchase, pre-sale …

The US PlayStation blog confirms the update but it might not be the improvement users were expecting.

Play Expo Manchester has revealed that this year’s event will have the biggest roster of indie games the event has ever seen. Taking place between October 14th and 15th at Manchester’s Event City, event organiser Replay Events will be hosting upcoming titles such as Hyper Sentinel by Huey Games and …

Earlier this week there were reports that Unity issues were delaying the release of the Switch version of Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee. To help clarify the situation, the developer has now issued a statement explaining its continued delay. The team are "very nearly there," according to a new blog post, but they …

Pokemon reigned supreme at the top of the Japanese charts last week, with the download card version of Pokemon Gold and Silver taking the top spot and Pokken Tournament DX taking No.2, giving Nintendo titles four spots in the Top Ten for the week ending September 24th. The download card …

MCV’s 30 Under 30 returns in November. Once again, we will be showcasing 30 of the most talented individuals under the age of 30 working in the UK games industry. MCV’s 30 Under 30 is open to all involved in the games business – publishers, retailers, media and supporting industries. …

In this week’s roundup: PlayStation UK appoints new product managers, PC Gamer has a new deputy editor, Will Freeman becomes editor atAskAboutGames and Venatus Media hires publisher relationship manager and business development manager. PlayStation UK PlayStation UK is pleased to welcome Gameloft’s Toby Dawson (pictured above, left) as product manager on the software …

MOBA titles are the top-marketing priority for English-language game developers, according to a new report from online translation agency One Hour Translation. Whereas MOBA, MMO and MMORPG translation projects made up just 22 per cent of all game translations in 2016, that figure has since jumped to 54 per cent …