Game industry business news

Following its launch in November, the Gameslab Leeds program from Creative England has now awarded grants to nine developers. In total that represents 157k worth of investment, safeguarding nearly 40 jobs and creating another 18. Another 75k is looking to be invested by the end of the year, and applications …

This week, we partner with our sister title Esports Pro for a special esports edition of MCV. We met some of the biggest players of the UK esports scene – the British Esports Association, ESL UK, Faceit, Gfinity and Multiplay – and discussed the growth of the market, what needs …

VR will make a big stride towards the mainstream in 2018 when Oculus releases a $200 standalone VR headset. That’s according to Bloomberg, which says that the new headset is designed to bridge the gap between cheaper entry-level smartphone based VR and high-end headsets that plug into PCs. Not only …

PC Gamer has promoted two members of its senior editorial team, Future Publishing announced today. Editor Samuel Roberts (pictured left) is now UK editor-in-chief, while former deputy editor Phil Savage (pictured right) will take on the role of editor. The publication is also recruiting for a new deputy editor. Roberts …

The next Ni No Kuni game has been delayed until early next year, publisher Bandai Namco has confirmed. Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom was originally set to launch on PS4 and PC on November 10th later this year, but has now been postponed until January 19th 2018. Developer Level-5 …

A follow-on investment from Mercia Technologies and private investors will help expand VR content creation

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive outfit Astralis has signed a sponsorship deal with PanzerGlass, a Danish glass screen protection company. Dot Esports, reporting on the news, believe the deal to be worth somewhere in the region of half a million dollars. The deal will see PanzerGlass launching a number of products with …

Blizzard’s insistence on having city-based teams for its new Overwatch League has contributed to the League’s stuttering start, but some concrete details are now at last emerging. Seven teams have now been confirmed, the owners and locations of which are as follows: Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the Kraft …

Virtual reality developer and publisher nDreams has raised a further 2.7m in investment, the studio announced today. Of that figure, 2m has come from a follow-on investment from Mercia Technologies, while the remaining 700,000 has come from private investors. As the VR industry continues to grow, nDreams hopes to use …

Horizon Zero Dawn developer Guerrilla Games grabbed the coveted Studio of the Year Award at last night’s Develop Awards 2017 in Brighton. Rocksteady’s Batman VR grabbed two awards – Visual Design and Sound Design. Creative Assembly did the same, winning in the Music Design and In-House Studio categories. There was …