News NPD: Small decline for hardware, Mortal Kombat X tops chart "55 per cent decline in sales of seventh-generation console hardware" May 14, 2015 Rachel Weber
News Xbox One tops PS4 in April US sales Microsoft console grew its numbers 63% year-over-year May 14, 2015 James Brightman
News Candy Crush maker King sees Q1 profit grow 29% Revenue down 6% to $570 million May 14, 2015 Rachel Weber
News Microsoft disables online capabilities for Gears leakers Testers who shared footage and screens have LIVE access revoked May 14, 2015 Brendan Sinclair 6 comments
News Konami boss: "Mobile first" doesn't mean just doing mobile Hideki Hayakawa lays out future priorities for Japanese studio May 14, 2015 Rachel Weber 4 comments
News Nintendo's mobile strategy: No whales Iwata shuns free-to-play conventional wisdom, sheds light on philosophy behind upcoming NX game system May 14, 2015 Brendan Sinclair 20 comments
News Directive Games opens its doors, raises $3.5m New mobile studio formed by veterans of CCP Games, DICE, Square Enix, Ubisoft and Tencent May 14, 2015 James Brightman
News GTA V PC port pushes US digital growth in April Take-Two release pushes American online revenues up 15% year-over-year to $1.1 billion May 14, 2015 Brendan Sinclair
News WIGJ seeks to double number of women in European games biz "We have a shared responsibility as an industry to take action," says Ukie's Dr Jo Twist May 14, 2015 James Brightman
Feature NetEase quarterlies show big gains Revenues up 55%, profits up 13% year-over-year for company behind Fantasy Westward Journey and Blizzard's Chinese releases May 14, 2015 Brendan Sinclair
News 100,000 WoW players banned for using bots - report Blizzard takes a firm stance against automated gameplay May 14, 2015 Matthew Handrahan
Feature Japan lags behind in solid Q1 for Nexon China and Korea continue to drive the online publisher forward, but Japanese revenue fell 30 per cent May 14, 2015 Matthew Handrahan
Feature Tencent clears $1.1bn profit for Q1 Revenues up 22% year on year, but margins shrink slightly May 14, 2015 Dan Pearson
Feature "I feel perfectly confident that the right people will take over" Quantic Dream's Guillaume De Fondaumiere on retirement from the EGDF May 14, 2015 Dan Pearson 1 comment
News New eSports Conference to feature Ubisoft, Twitch and more September event for the competitive gaming scene May 13, 2015 Rachel Weber
News Nintendo E3 event takes place during Square Enix show Mario maker sticks to traditional Tuesday morning time slot despite rival media briefing May 13, 2015 Brendan Sinclair 2 comments
News Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition still Japan's #1 New 3DS XL maintains lead in hardware May 13, 2015 Rachel Weber
News NaturalMotion hit by Zynga layoffs - Report Oxford-based QA testers made redundant as NaturalMotion looks to outsource some of its jobs May 13, 2015 James Brightman
Feature Analysis: GTA V Live Viewership on Twitch Gamoloco's Nicolas Cerranto examines the numbers behind the clash of two phenomena May 13, 2015 Nicolas Cerrato
News Imageepooch officially bankrupt, CEO still AWOL JRPG studio deletes all web presence, turns out the lights May 13, 2015 Dan Pearson
Feature Starbreeze Q3 revenue jumps 50 per cent Swedish company will invest in acquisitions as it seeks to ease reliance on Payday 2 revenue May 13, 2015 Matthew Handrahan
News Aardman, Nordeus, Space Ape complete Unite Europe schedule Unity's annual conference will also feature keynotes from John Riccitiello and Cities: Skylines dev Colossal Order May 13, 2015 Matthew Handrahan
Feature Monster Strike drives 900 per cent revenue growth for Mixi Mobile hit made $3.8 million a day in Q4, Mixi looks towards international growth in the year ahead May 13, 2015 Matthew Handrahan
Opinion Wrist and Reward WearGa's Paul Virapen sees blue ocean markets and "unicorn-like valuations" in the future of smartwatches May 13, 2015 Paul Virapen 8 comments
News GREE International shuts Vancouver studio "Decided to focus our talent on building new gameplay within our biggest franchises" May 12, 2015 Rachel Weber