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In Part Three of our publishing roundtable, we discuss the rise of digital. With digital becoming more important to publishers’ balance sheets, we ask publishers about competition in the marketplace and whether any improvements have been made to discoverability. In case you missed it, in Part One of our publishing roundtable, we …

Square Enix has released its latest quarterly results for the three months ending June 30th 2017, and the company’s net sales increased by 11.3 per cent year-on-year to reach 57bn, the company has reported. Operating income, meanwhile, rose by 43.9 per cent to 12.8bn. The company’s digital entertainment division also …

Summer goes by and charts remain the same. For its second month on shelves, the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has taken the top spot in the monthly UK rankings again, with sales only declining 21 per cent in July. This contributed to Activision Blizzard being able keep its top …

Joshua ‘Vicarrak’ Lloyd, a flex player for Australian esports outfit Dark Sided, was removed by the organisations Heroes of the Storm team without warning, according to Tweets from Lloyd. Lloyd joined the team on the 8th June 2017, along with the rest of the roster, before Dark Sided earnt a …

Gfinity is launching its Challenger and Elite Series’ in Australia, via a strategic partnership with Here, There & Everywhere (HT&E), which has seen the pair co-create Gfinity Esports Australia. Gfinity Esports Australia will be seeking to offer a complete turnkey esports solution for brands, sports teams and publishers. However, the …

Zynga posted its best revenue and booking performance in four years during Q2 2017, with revenue reaching $209.2m, up from $181.7m this time last year, and 21m daily active users compared to Q2 2016’s 18m DAUs. However, Midia Research analyst Karol Severin has told MCV that the company’s main focus …

The Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy has managed to keep its top spot in the UK weekly charts again. Activision’s title has been No.1 for three consecutive weeks, with sales only declining 34 per cent week-on-week, and has spent five weeks at No.1 overall. It’s the most weeks at the …

Physical game sales have fallen 20 per cent year-on-year, according to Kantar Worldpanel’s latest quarterly entertainment barometer report, with the limited number of new releases also affecting GAME’s share of the overall physical entertainment market. GAME’s market share fell by 2.5 per cent year-on-year, according to Kantar’s figures, which is …

Vetreran composer worked across TV, games and film, and best known in games for work on the Silent Hill series

The games industry is experiencing a publishing renaissance, as even the most ardent proponents of self-publishing have now learnt that selling a game from the equivalent of your bedroom is not a great replacement for the human touch. The title ‘publisher’ may not yet be ‘clean’, but even pragmatists are …