It may be the biggest name in movies, but Disney’s failure in video games is now complete. Despite some initial video game investment back in 2007/2008 (resulting in the poor selling Turok and Split/Second), Disney has struggled to match the success of rival Warner Bros. It cancelled most of its …

ArcticPlay commercial director Totti Nyberg explains why the studio adopted a completely new approach to free-to-play for the mobile skateboarding title

The UK games market must learn from its American cousins if it wants to build a sizeable merchandise market. Former Ubisoft licensing head Rob Stevenson, who has just launched his Huge Crate merchandise business, says the UK is falling behind the US due to publishers and retailers not viewing video …

In its native Finland, Rovio means pyre. And for many years, thanks to the success of its Angry Birds brand, the company burned bright. Following the smash hit success of the original game, the firm has launched another 14 Angry Birds titles, spin-offs and tie-in releases, resulting in three billion …

EA Canada follows in second place thanks to EA Sports UFC 2, while Remedy Entertainment manages just fifth despite the success of Quantum Break

The next entry in EA’s Battlefield series is taking the franchise to World War One and will be hitting shelves this October. The new title – Battlefield 1 – is set for release on PS4, Xbox One and PC (via Origin) on October 21st. Players will be able to fight …

Gears of War creator Epic has said that its want to maintain independence may mean it never makes another big single-player epic. This shift, it has said, came after the completion of Gears of War: Judgement, the cost of which was huge. "The economics of those games forces developers to …

Sony is investing more marketing money in Uncharted 4 than it has with any previous game. Marketing manager Joe Palmer says that there has been an influx of PS4 owners that never owned a PS3 – which was the console the previous three Uncharted games were released on. Therefore the …

The Wii U is finished, say leading games retailers. Last week, Nintendo announced that its next Zelda game – which was originally scheduled for this year – will now release in 2017, and will also be coming to the firm’s upcoming NX console. The platform holder also said Zelda will …

In this edition of MCV, we sit down with Angry Birds company Rovio to find out how it plans to re-establish the mobile blockbuster franchise. The firm outlines its plans for the upcoming film, its new game Action as well as its marketing tie-ups with the likes of LEGO, H&M …