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Oberon Media has acquired I-play, in doing so creating a 'triple play' casual games powerhouse.
Read More »New prize to encourage XNA developers
Microsoft is backing a new competition designed to encourage take up of its XNA Game Studio Express tool.
Read More »Jacques and Kyd score The Club
Famed game music composers have signed up to support Bizarre Creation's The Club.
Read More »Foundation 9 confirms studio split
The Prince Edward Island, Canada-based studio owned by Foundation 9 has been spun out away from the company's ownership.
Read More »Former Relic vets to fire Smoking Gun?
Reports on the web have suggested that Company of Heroes producer John Johnson is planning to open a new studio, called Smoking Gun Games.
Read More »Blitz forms advergame team following Burger King success
UK independent studio Blitz has added a new advergaming team to its Arcade division.
Read More »nDreams reveals details on first game
Independent studio nDreams, formed by SCi/Eidos vet Patrick O'Luanaigh, has started to reveal details of its first "revolutionary" title - a story-based casual game for women.
Read More »Spector teams with Woo for new project
John Woo plans to direct and produce the movie adaptation of a new game from Warren Spector.
Read More »Monumental unveils football MMO
Look out Sports Interactive, Monumental is kicking about on your turf with a new football MMO.
Read More »UK trade show revealed
A new retail-focused show called GamePlan will take place in a central London hotel over June 5th and 6th 2008. Co-organised by Barrington Harvey and Tandem Events, it will provide a meeting place for publishers and retailers to do business away from the razzmatazz of a stand-based show. "Since E3 …
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