Future Publishing has posted a slight increase in profit for the year ending September 30th 2010. The period saw profits of 8.3m, up from the 7.6m in the same period a year before. Revenue fell one per cent to 151.5m. Net debt was reduced by nearly 50 per cent to …
Read More »NESTA fronts new publishing coalition
A consortium of eight UK studios will band together under with a mission to build their own publishing business, in a new scheme backed by key trade associations and the government. This collaboration of digital, social and independent UK developers already has the support of creative industry investment group NESTA, …
Read More »EA assumes greater Old Republic control
Publisher EA has announced that it has updated the terms of its global publishing agreement with LucasArts that will see it assume extra responsibilities toward the title. The company will now handle additional publishing, marketing and distribution responsibilities that LucasArts was previously handling. It claims the move has been made …
Read More »Interview: Digital Reality
The RTS specialist on its move to embrace publishing
Read More »â??The way devs are financed needs changeâ?
The time has come to drop the idea that publishers are the only source of games financing
Read More ȣ181m Xmas bonanza as industry sets out Q4 ad spend
This is the quarter where the UK games industry finally turns things around – and publishers and retailers are splashing the cash to make sure of it. The UK games industry will have splurged 181m between the start of October and Christmas, MCV research has shown. It is almost double …
Read More »Team 17 breaks ties with publishers
Team 17 has turned its back on third-party publishers in favour of digital distribution. The UK-based studio is returning to its publishing roots by increasing the number of downloadable games it produces – at least 15 SKUs in 2010 alone. The company has only released two boxed games over the …
Read More »Stonetrip: â??Self-publishing is the futureâ??
CEO Philip Belhassen forecasts a self-reliant trend for studios
Read More »Cales digital download experiment
In a frank interview with MCV, System 3 CEO Mark Cale has stated that the challenging nature of modern High Street retail is the driving force behind his new digital distribution experiment with upcoming racer Ferrari: The Race Experience. Last month MCV revealed that the game would be digital only …
Read More »Futures Q3 revenue up 2%
Media group Future has reported what it describes as an encouraging” two per cent year-on-year rise in revenue for its 2010 Q3. Year-to-date revenues for the group are down three per cent however, though this compares favourably with the five per cent dip seen in the first half of the …
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