Publishing

Free-to-play consultant encourages new generation of developers to forget traditional monetisation models

Pre-production begins on new game in The Longest Journey saga

Comet, which is owned by GAME’s saviour OpCapita, is likely to enter administration today. The move endangers some 6,000 UK jobs across 240 stores at the UK’s second largest electrical retailer, with losses for the year ending April expected to hit 35m. The decline has been expedited after trade insurers …

Open-source console to use Android 4.2

Capcom has announced positive half-year financial results for the period ending on September 30th. Sales were up just over 55 per cent year-over-year, bringing in around $570m net. Resident Evil 6 shipped (not sold) 3.7m units during the period, with Dragon’s Dogma adding over 1m sales itself. The firm’s digital …

Having expected to break even for the six months ending September 2012, publisher Square Enix now predicts a 5.4bn loss for the period. The main culprit for this is slower than anticipated sales of free-roaming action title Sleeping Dogs, which has failed to replicate its UK success overseas. The game …

Company claims non-GAAP profit of $49m, but GAAP figures paint a darker picture

Local IGDA chairman speaks out on burgeoning indie scene

Business realignment results in cuts to publishing office

Walt Disney Company paying $2bn in cash in deal that includes developer LucasArts and a new Star Wars 7 film