Publishing

Activision has named Philip Earl as the executive vice president of Activision’s International business. He will lead the sales and publishing operations for Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Japan. He replaces Steven Young, who was senior vice president of Europe. Young has been promoted to chief …

Tom Clancy’s The Division has smashed the record for unbroken Ubisoft No1s in the All Formats charts. This is the fourth week that Ubisoft’s online shooter has spent at the No.1 spot. The new IP holds this position despite a 37 per cent dip in sales. Fellow Ubisoft title Far …

'We are going to look at regional pricing and more aggressive deals in lower wealth regions,' says Alex Nichiporchik after Punch Club struck by 1.6m illegal downloads

We round up the (questionably) funny efforts of the development industry for 2016's April Fools' Day

KISS has signed up as a meeting host for the third iteration of Interface, a joint venture between MCV and Develop. The publisher will be taking part in a series of prearranged one-to-one meetings, where developers can pitch their games face-to-face in the hopes of securing that all-important publishing deal, …

Producer Takashi Iizuka originally helped found Sega Studio USA in 1999

The games industry is undervaluing indie games, say leading publishers. The majority of indie games are sold for 10 or less, but this year a number of high profile titles have broken that barrier, including Jonathan Blow’s The Witness (30, pictured) and Camp Santo’s Firewatch (15), which has sparked online …

‘Even a few steps is enough to drive everyone away,’ Tarn Adams says of previous method of funding ambitious simulation title

GamesRadar+’s reviews editor is now self-employed, EA names Laura Miele as EVP of global publishing and IO poaches Ubisoft director Ryan Barnard. Justin Towell departs GamesRadar+ Justin Towellhas just departed GamesRadar+ after ten years at Future to become self-employed. He joined the company in 2006, rising from editorial assistant to …

Threading architecture improvements, cloth simulation, quicker garbage collection and animation tweaks among optimisations on show in upcoming PC and PS4 MOBA