UK independent studio Jagex has scored a global publishing deal with social MMO New York children’s media firm Herotainment. The Runescape studio will use its online games expertise to publish Herotopia, an award-winning social online game for children”. The landmark agreement makes Herotopia the second third-party game released by Jagex’s …
Read More »Square Enix grabs Dead Island rights
It has been confirmed that Square Enix is to distribute Techland’s Dead Island in the US as part of a co-publishing agreement with publisher Deep Silver. Square Enix’s impressive distribution and marketing capabilities, combined with their proven success with launching top-notch AAA titles, makes them the absolute best partner for …
Read More »Sega Europe top of the league
Europe is now Sega’s biggest boxed games market, thanks to the continued performance of Football Manager 2011. The management sim has now sold 690,000 units in Europe and the US across PSP and PC. Sega’s European chief Jurgen Post says the game’s success has helped Europe shift more games than …
Read More »ABC shows some love for games media
A Valentine’s Day summit will see games media bosses convene with ABC to crack how they can work better together. Key publishing firms representing a host of mostly online, but also print brands, will be on hand at the Monday, February 14th meeting in central London. The agenda is to …
Read More »Digital revenues soar at Future
Media firm Future has reported a significant increase in online ad revenue for the quarter ending December 31st 2010. Digital now accounts for 32 per cent of the company’s total ad revenue, which is up an impressive 25 per cent compared to the same quarter the year before. Future’s UK …
Read More »The increasing games-film crossover
Having announced last month that it has merged its games and films divisions, Future Publishing has told MCV that the decision was made due to the increased crossover between the two once disparate sectors. "When speaking to our clients and partners in games, we increasingly hear of their desire to …
Read More »Future forms entertainment division
Media giant Future has merged its games and film sales and publishing departments into one entertainment division to strengthen the team. The idea behind the merger is to offer Future’s clients better access to the film and game audiences. The company has already hired two new publishers and is on …
Read More »Free iPads for Imagine Staff
Imagine Publishing has announced it has given every member of staff a free iPad. The company is celebrating the end of its first full year of publishing iPhone and iPad digital editions of its magazines. It is one of the first publishing firms in the world to make its entire …
Read More »BigBen makes its Move
It’s not just publishers developing titles for the new motion controllers – peripherals vendor BigBen is also making PlayStation Move games. The firm will release at least one title for Sony’s 1.5 million-selling hardware next year as it re-establishes its publishing business, the company told MCV. BigBen already develops and …
Read More »Imagine poised for best year ever
Imagine Publishing has bought out its investor and is once again an independent media firm. The move has put the publisher in good spirits, with MD Damian Butt telling MCV Imagine is on course to celebrate its best year ever. Imagine is responsible for a growing portfolio of 20 magazines, …
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