Game industry business news

Paradox Interactive is to open a new studio completely dedicated to mobile game development, the publisher announced today. The new studio will open inMalm, Sweden – the home of Little Nightmares developers Tarsier Studios and Massive Entertainment – and will be populated with a small team of developers led by …

Shortly after banning a player for two years yesterday, the Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) has released a survey, looking to canvas opinions with regards to the appropriate sanctions for those caught cheating. It’s unusual for a governing body to attempt to crowd-source justice but the ESIC has had a lot …

Little Big PR’s CEO Alex Verrey discusses why the peripheral industry should "embrace quality". The gaming industry has been good to me. In fact, it’s all I’ve known. I left school to present a series of video game shows and somehow segued into gaming PR. I’m still here now and …

The Trading Card system will be locked away from new releases on Steam until they have have proven themselves to be real games. Many games offer Trading Cards which can be sold by players on the Steam marketplace. Their value is typically low, often around 10p or less, although some …

Ubisoft has revealed two big sequels will arrive before March 2018. Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2 have both been name dropped by the company, as well as confirmation that a new Assassin’s Creed game will arrive in the same time frame – presumably called Origins and set in …

Hot off the back of securing $500m of investment from Softbank, UK developer Improbable has just secured its most high profile partner yet in the form of Jagex. The two UK companies have today announced a technology partnership that will see the Runescape developer use Improbable’s SpatialOS tech in a …

HTC Vive has finally brought its financing scheme to the UK, allowing would-be VR fans to get their hands on a Vive headset for under 35-per-month plus shipping, making it cheaper than a top-end smartphone contract. The contract, which lasts 24 months, offers 9.9 per cent APR representative financing (from …

Kuju has appointed Audiomotion founder Mick Morris as business development director. The 17-year industry veteran originally founded Audiomotion in 2003 and headed up the motion capture studio as managing director until 2016. More recently, Morris has been working in a consultancy capacity, and will continue to do so alongside his …

Publisher and developer Capcom has signed creative agency Bits + Pixels to work across its portfolio in Europe. It will be collaborating on various projects for brands such as Resident Evil, Street Fighter and Monster Hunter. London-based Bits + Pixels specialises in video games, and already includes Blizzard among its …

Valve’s immensely popular Half-Life 2 is heading to VR after a fan mod for the game was successfully Greenlit on Steam. The game, which has been in development since 2013, will be released on both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, and will fully support motion controllers. Players will be …