Publishing

Embattled publisher could face bankruptcy, according to financial break down

The narrative for this Q4 has already been written to some extent, but the industry’s big triple-A’s are looking to prove it wrong. Both the UK and US markets are significantly down year-on-year and the belief that the market has peaked and consoles are losing popularity is becoming increasingly commonplace. …

Epic planning a more diverse market this console cycle

Epic founder says development of Samaritan demo was 'greatly worrying'

Select players who purchased retail PC copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 are discovering an odd, frustrating surprise. Reports from the Call of Duty forums, Steam, and Reddit (among other sites) are claiming the second installation disc for Activision’s shooter is actually for Mass Effect 2. Along with …

The next installment in the Starcraft II trilogy is set to arrive on March 12th, with Blizzard opening up pre-orders for standard and digital deluxe editions starting today. Blizzard solidifies the target date after noting last week in its financial report that the company hoped to launch the expansion sometime …

New reseller deals secure facial animation outfit a road into Asia

Gem is running another trio of deals this week for independent retailers. Indies can pick two titles from the Classic range, and the shooter Halo ODST, for 14. Classic titles includes Gears of War, Mass Effect, Fable II, Halo 4, Halo Wars, Gears of War 2 and more. Meanwhile, the …

Brian Schneider and Steve Desilets assume senior roles at free-to-play studio

Studio initially working on browser game for children