Publishing

It may have failed to grab the top spot in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, but Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed II has comfortably bettered the performance of its predecessor at retail. The publisher has revealed that the game sold 1.6m units worldwide in its first seven days …

"The Wii market is a little bit unpredictable these days�, says studio manager

Atari’s online reinvention continues with news that the long-time publisher has released free-to-play browser-based versions of six of its classic retro arcade licenses. The publisher’s re-jigged website currently offers four arcade outings Asteroids, Battlezone, Crystal Castles, Lunar Lander as well as Atari 2600 duo Adventure and Yar’s Revenge. For the …

Amsterdam-based publisher Playlogic suffered a net loss of $6.7m for the nine months ending September 30th – a significant increase on the $2m loss suffered in the same period a year before. Net losses for the quarter ending September 30th reached $3.2m, only just above the $3m loss in the …

Company releases statement that wholly contradicts indications made by its CFO

Government body has no plans to represent video games industry despite calls for support from Ed Vaizey MP

Trackballs, arcade pushbuttons, Wii remote-sized holes: Robomodo reveals how it designed a deck

Develop catches up with Ubisoft's Ontario studio's CEO Yannis Mallat

Ontario is dedicated to developing the games industry, says Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat

Blizzard executive video president of game design Rob Pardo has been explaining why Diablo III’s arrival is still a ways off, and grappling with the perennial problem of announcing big games too early. Like other Blizzard properties Starcraft and World of WarCraft, Diablo has a large base of loyal fans, …