Game industry business news

This week, we talk to eleven indie publishers to gather their thoughts on the current state of today’s console market, new competition in the digital space, and how the fallout from last year’s Q4 has affected their outlook for 2017 and beyond. We also speak to Ubisoft’s producer Matt Rose …

Industry veteran Mike Rose has announced his brand-new indie publishing label No More Robots. Using a data-driven approach, Rose will be using sales figures and statistics to identify a game’s key selling points, before promoting them across the company’s Twitch and Discord communities, which will be fully integrated into the …

Both promoted to executive vice president roles, with Clark responsible for publishing and Heaton for studios

The UK end to end esports solutions company expands to North America with the move

The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester will be welcoming 160 consoles this summer. Games expo Power Up is heading to Manchester from August 11th to August 28th, with players able to enjoy 40 years of video games, from Pong and Pac Man to Minecraft and Mario. Among the …

UK events and games service provider Multiplay has been unveiled as the host for Ready At Dawn’s new VR multiplayer title, Echo Arena. Multiplay previously hosted the servers for Ready At Dawn’s Deformers, as well as Tripwire Interactive’s Killing Floor 2 (which is now coming to Xbox One this August), …

Polish developer and publisher Techland has announced the creation of a new digital distribution service, now available in 144 countries. Called Gemly, it launched yesterday and offers exclusive content for Techland’s own creations such as Dying Light and titles it brought to market via its publishing arm, such as Torment: …

HTC’s first Vive standalone VR headsetwill be aimed at the Chinese market, the company has announced, and will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 mobile chipset. The news comes out of ChinaJoy 2017, and follows HTC’s previous announcement in May that it would be developing a standalone headset for Google …

Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 went straight in at No.1 in the Japanese weekly charts last week, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, prompting a 178 per cent spike in Nintendo Switch sales as a result. The Switch sequel to Nintendo’s family-friendly shooter shifted just shy of 671,000 copies last week, …

Bethesda has teamed up with subscription commerce platform Loot Crate to create a bi-monthly Fallout-themed crate, the publisher has announced. Pre-orders open today at 6.30pm UK time, and is the first create to feature an exclusive Fallout figure line and other Vault-Tec themed gear. The first crate will focus on …