Game industry business news

After announcing its intentions to open a heavy-duty LAN gaming centre in October , Gamerbase and HMV have at last opened the doors on the first of its partnership epicentres at the retailer’s leading Trocadero store in Central London. To tie in with the event Gamerbase has also confirmed that …

Less than a month after announcing its intention to expand into the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian markets, Nordic distributor PAN Vision has clinched a deal to distribute EA titles in the aforementioned regions. This is a vital step to become the market leaders in the Baltic during 2008," PAN Vision …

The former chief operating officer of Rockstar Gary Dale has been named as the new executive vice president of Take 2, it has been announced. Dale will be chiefly looking at the publisher’s sales and distribution activities, and is said to be pursuing further ‘business development opportunities’ for the company, …

Consider the alternatives. Wii’s going to take a punishing over Christmas, as family members get ripped on mulled wine and settle their differences on Wii Sports. But you’ll have finished Mario Galaxy before New Year and then it’ll be Easter before you touch it again. Assuming you can actually buy …

Capcom’s marketing vice president Nique Fajors has stated that despite the escalating development costs that have arrived along with the next-generation of games machines, developing games for a lone platform can still be strategically sound. Speaking to Next-Gen, Fajors stated: Exclusives are driven by gameplay functionality and cost. If you …

Creat Studios, the team behind PSP shooter Coded Arms: Contagion and the recent Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am, has been officially crowned as a PlayStation Network publisher and confirmed that it is looking to bring both its own titles and those of other studios to the PS3 network …

Following the merger of Vivendi Games and Activision to create new super-publisher Activision Blizzard, the new company’s president and CEO Robert Kotick and co-chairman Brian Kelly look set to share a $40 million payout, the Financial Times reports . Each will receive around $10 million in change-of-control payments and 363,637 …

This morning’s Metro reports that Wii bundles are being sold for a more than 1000 as Christmas looms and desperate parents continue to pay over the odds for the console. While the frenzy has calmed a little – a quick look at the auction site this morning sees the consoles …

MICROSOFT IS spending over four million pounds on its Christmas marketing push, matching the figure SCE UK has earmarked for its PlayStation 3 campaign. The platform holder is inviting consumers to ‘jump in’ through a huge range of TV and other media promotions as the Christmas console hardware battle continues …

Nintendo and Activision reclaimed 12.8 per cent total market share in the last month between them – making serious inroads into EA’s lead over its rivals. According to ELSPA/ChartTrack sales data for November, Activision enjoyed a 9.1 per cent jump on the 2.7 per cent revenue share it recorded in …