Publishing

Britain has, by a very narrow margin, voted to leave the EU – and video games companies across the country are waking up to a potentially huge challenge. Just last week MCV revealed that the sector was very much in favour of remaining. UKIE’s most recent survey found that only …

Sony’s new God of War title appears to have been influenced by stories from a galaxy far, far away. Speaking to GamesBeat, the game’s creative director Cory Barlog said that the new God of War’s more thoughtful and quiet tone was influenced by a cancelled Star Wars TV series. Barlog …

G2A calls for publisher to share suspicious keys, TinyBuild calls for digital retailer to offer better cuts from sales

Services empire will be exclusive drinks reception partner

Angry Birds developer Rovio has taken another big hit, as long-time ‘brand ambassador’ and executive Peter Vesterbackahas announced his departure from the company. Vesterbackajoined the company in 2010 and served as the frontman for the Angry Birds brand, as well as having stints as CEO and, most recently, chief marketing …

CEO Ilkka Paananen talks up the benefits of long-rumoured deal

In 2014 Criterion revealed that it was working on an extreme sports vehicle title with more than a hint of Burnout about it. Now it’s not clear whether we’ll ever see that game. EA has told GameSpot that folk should forget about any previous projects mentioned by the UK studio. …

Rounding up the hottest new names in mobile who will be competing for the award in July

Project described as Burnout studio’s ‘biggest game yet’ when unveiled at E3 2014

SoftBank to relinquish stake in Clash of Clans developer, now valued at $10.2bn