Category Archives: Trade
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 08:28 BST
Australian development population has more than halved
The latest data on Australia’s game development community suggests the number of staff employed locally has dropped dramatically in recent years.
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Posted in: Australia, Trade
Tags: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 08:03 BST
Train Conductor dev among first Screen Australia Enterprise Fund recipients
Train Conductor developer The Voxel Agents is one of nine Australian developers awarded a piece of the $20 million Interactive Games Fund.
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Posted in: Australia, Trade
Tags: Screen Australia
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 10:39 BST
NPD May: Deep Silver, Nintendo strong in grim month
The NPD Group has released its monthly report on retail sales in the US, showing very little movement in the software chart but strong performances from Nintendo and up-and-coming publisher Deep Silver.
Mon, Jun 17, 2013 | 21:52 BST
Hitman studio face lay-offs, nearly half of the staff lose jobs
IO Interactive has announced today that it has laid off nearly half of its current workforce as part of a refocus on the Hitman series.
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Posted in: Jobs, Square Enix, Trade
Tags: io interactive, lay-offs, Square Enix
Thu, Jun 13, 2013 | 22:46 BST
Medal of Honor dev Danger Close “doesn’t exist any more”
Medal of Honor developer Danger Close has been disbanded, EA has confirmed, with DICE LA taking its place and serving a support role for the main Swedish studio.
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Posted in: EA, Trade
Tags: Danger Close Games, DICE LA, Patrick Soderlund
Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 18:41 BST
Atlus’ parent company Index being investigated for doctoring the books
Atlus’ parent company, Index, is being investigated by Japanese authorities for shady bookkeeping practices, according to a NHK report.
Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 15:07 BST
Tomodachi Collection: New Life still on top in Japan
Tomodachi Collection: New Life continued its reign on the Media Create charts in Japan for the June 3-9 period, bringing it’s life-to-date sales to the 1,090,875 mark since its April 18 release. The only new title to grace the top 20 was Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition, and it debuted at 11. Hardware sale continued to decline. Charts are below.
Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 01:04 BST
Respawn founder left over Infinity Ward lawsuit revelations – rumour
New whispers have sprung up regarding Jason West’s departure from Respawn Entertainment, suggesting a rift between the former Infinity Ward leader and his long-time colleagues Vince Zampella.
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Posted in: Rumour, Shooter, Trade
Tags: infinity ward, Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 | 21:29 BST
Xbox One pre-owned: analysts, publishers, indie retailers weigh-in
Last night, Microsoft announced Xbox One would not block the sale of used games unless publishers decided to impose used game activation fees. Today, analysts, publishers, and a few indie retailers have commented on the matter.
Fri, Jun 07, 2013 | 04:53 BST
NPD: digital brings Q1 2013 spend on par with 2012
The NPD Group believes total spend among US game consumers has not declined since 2012 despite depressing result at retail, thanks to growing digital spend.
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Posted in: America, Retail, Trade
Tags: the npd group
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 | 05:57 BST
Assassin’s Creed 3 senior producer takes leading role at Ubisoft Quebec
François Pelland has been named Ubisoft Quebec’s new executive director of development.
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Posted in: Canada, Jobs, Trade, Ubisoft
Tags: Francois Pelland, Ubisoft Quebec
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 | 02:36 BST
Mobile, freemium segment most popular in the US – report
There are more consumers in the “free and mobile gamer” category than any other gaming segment in the US, according to the NPD Group.
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Posted in: America, Android, Free-to-Play, Mobile, Trade, iPad, iPhone
Tags: the npd group
Wed, Jun 05, 2013 | 14:30 BST
Tomodachi Collection: New Life back on top of Media Create charts
After being knocked off the top of the Media Create charts for two weeks straight, Tomodachi Collection: New Life is back on top with 59,104 units sold. Life-to-date, the 3DS title has moved 1,044,088 units since its April 18 release. All hardware was down for the period, with 3DS LL showing the largest drop – 28,807units over last week’s 40,651 units. The smallest drop came from 3DS which was only down 3DS two units over the prior week.
Full hardware and software charts are below.
Tue, Jun 04, 2013 | 09:41 BST
Zynga shutters four studios, more than 500 employees lose jobs
Massive lay offs have hit social game studio Zynga, with AllThings D reporting that the studio is closing down its Los Angeles, New York, Austin and Dallas studios; it’ll also lay off more than 520 of its employees.
Mon, Jun 03, 2013 | 00:54 BST
Double Fine says “suits around a table” don’t always know best
Massive Chalice project lead Brad Muir has said he has a hard time believing “suits” know what gamers really want.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: Brad Muir, double fine, Kickstarter
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 | 22:01 BST
ESA Canada – games industry contributed $2.3 billion to GDP in 2012
ESA Canada has said the games industry added $2.3 billion to the country’s gross domestic product last year, and noted that 84% of studios are working on titles for mobile devices.
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Posted in: Canada, Development, Trade
Tags: ESA Canada
Thu, May 30, 2013 | 21:00 BST
GungHo CEO would like to see the firm top Nintendo’s sales before he retires
GungHo CEO Kazuki Morishita has told Bloomberg he would like to see the company’s sales top Nintendo’s by the time he retires.
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Posted in: Development, Trade
Tags: GungHo, Kazuki Morishita, Puzzle & Dragons
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 | 14:40 BST
Take-Two CEO talks GTA 5, used games, MMOs
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke at the Cowen Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference today, discussing MMOs, GTA 5, how zombies sell, and games will need multiple protagonists. Get the quotient quotables below.
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Posted in: Take-Two, Trade
Tags: Cowen Technology Media and Telecom Conference, GTA 5, Strauss Zelnick
Thu, May 30, 2013 | 18:45 BST
Sony in talks with Morgan Stanley, Citigroup on Electronics and Entertainment split – report
Sony is reportedly in talks with Morgan Stanley and Citigroup regarding splitting its Entertainment and Electronics divisions.
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Posted in: Rumour, Sony, Trade
Tags: Daniel Loeb, Sony Electronics, Sony Entertainment, Third Point LLC
Tue, May 28, 2013 | 06:43 BST
LA Noire devs found new Sydney indie
Two members of the development team behind LA Noire have founded a new independent studio following lay-offs at Kennedy Miller Mitchell.
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Posted in: Australia, Trade
Tags: Intuitive Game Studios, Kennedy Miller Mitchell Interactive, kmm studios, team bondi
EA lays-off internal analysis and reviews team