Publishing

For a genre dedicated to creating stable, believable worlds, the MMO market is surprisingly volatile. But if the sector is a 220 million business in the UK, as recent research suggests – why is it such a hard market to crack? It’s one that many traditional publishers have struggled to …

Capcomâ??s former R&D boss broadens goal to 'social games, movies, books and manga'

Mega Bloks is to launch a range of Need for Speed construction toy sets, it has been confirmed. The line is due to launch in summer 2011 and is targeted at both building fans and collectors, including authentic vehicles and play-sets. Vic Bertrand, chief innovation officer, Mega Brands, commented: "We’re …

Assassinâ??s Creed publisher to distribute Rift across continental Europe

Namco Bandai Partners has announced that the first Kinect-compatible Dr Kawashima title will be released in the UK on February 11th. Dr Kawashima’s Body and Brain Exercises was announced in September, and was a launch title for Microsoft’s new motion controller in Japan. The game challenges players to solve puzzles …

Disney Epic Mickey has gone down a storm with the gaming media following a string of high review scores. Various critics praised the Wii adventure game which has gone on to achieve a high average Metacritic review score of 78 per cent. Here’s what several key publications had to say …

Square Enix will officially announce the next full Tomb Raider game next week, according to magazine reports. The title has been previously been teased in Game Informer magazine, and now GamesMaster has said it will publish more information in its next issue out on January 4th, 2011. The news, reported …

Publisher Black Bean Games announced today that SBK 2011 will arrive in May next year on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The newest instalment in the officially licensed SBK motorbike racing franchise is again in development at Milestone Studios. It will feature a new artistic direction, improved gameplay and other …

Uncharted 3 is the latest title rumoured to be officially announced around the Spike Video Game Awards next month. The follow-up to Sony’s popular third person action games Uncharted and Uncharted 2 will also be set in the desert, reports suggest. Kotaku claims to have spoken to an informed source …

THQ is setting its sights on the motion sensing market after it revealed three new ‘core’ games are in the works. The publisher’s executive VP of core games Danny Bilson made the announcements on Twitter. We will be announcing one core Kinect game soon,” he said. Two core games are …