News War Child UK Armistice raised $380,000 in 2018 Total gaming donations for charity have surpassed $4 million March 12, 2019 James Batchelor
News Gismart announces investment program for indie devs Publisher of music-based mobile apps and games offers up to $1 million to selected developers March 7, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News Vivendi sells remaining Ubisoft shares Media conglomerate ultimately gained €1.2 billion from failed attempt to acquire publisher March 5, 2019 Brendan Sinclair
News Rovio in talks to sell streaming service Hatch Angry Birds firm brings in “several” investors to discuss reducing its 80% stake March 5, 2019 James Batchelor
News Law firm encouraging shareholders to sue Activision Blizzard over Bungie split Kuznicki Law joins search for lead plaintiff after publisher made “materially false and misleading statements” March 5, 2019 James Batchelor
News Tencent among shortlisted bidders for Nexon Netmarble not invited but forms consortium with MBK partners, main bidding to begin in early April March 4, 2019 James Batchelor
News Mobile gaming studio Sviper raises $2.8m Modern Times Group leads funding for studio and business growth, expansion March 1, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Activision Blizzard: 800 job cuts could “negatively impact” our business Call of Duty publisher has set aside $150 million to compensate affected staff March 1, 2019 James Batchelor
Feature Is Red Dead Redemption Online tanking Take-Two's share price? | Opinion Despite fantastic sales, Take-Two can't catch a break - perhaps because investors expected RDR2 to be something it simply isn't March 1, 2019 Rob Fahey 4 comments
News VR and mobile developer Hipfire Games raises over $200,000 Financial investment to boost debut game Fail Space Feb. 28, 2019 Christopher Dring
News EA, Amazon, Comcast reportedly bidding for Nexon Companies join Netmarble, Kakao in pursuing founder's controlling stake Feb. 27, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Activision's Bobby Kotick and EA's Andrew Wilson among most overpaid CEOs in US Latest study shows the two chief execs earn more than 300 times the average wage of their employees Feb. 25, 2019 James Batchelor 4 comments
News NetEase maintains revenue growth despite Chinese approvals freeze Online games revenue was up 11% in 2018, with ten new games still waiting for approval in China Feb. 21, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News THQ Nordic raises $225m for further acquisitions “Substantially oversubscribed” share issue brings on a range of new investors for growing publisher Feb. 21, 2019 James Batchelor 1 comment
Stub Keywords acquires cloud software firm GetSocial GetSocial's team of 12 engineers will join Keywords Studios as part of the deal Feb. 21, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Overkill's The Walking Dead earned $3.7m from sales in Q4 Starbreeze full-year financial report underlines commercial performance of key title Feb. 20, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News SEIS/EIS funding changes hurting UK games studios How new government rules have created a catch-22 problem for developers, suspended a £150 million fund, and damaged investor confidence Feb. 19, 2019 James Batchelor
News Tonk Tonk Game secures $2m in seed funding Bitkraft Esports Ventures leads investment in uFighter dev Feb. 19, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News Paradox Interactive capped strong 2018 with best quarter in its history Expansion-driven strategy paid off as Q4 revenue surged 50% despite no new games Feb. 19, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Next Games laying off 26 staff to cut costs The Walking Dead: Our World developer seeks to minimise damage caused by €17 million losses Feb. 15, 2019 James Batchelor
News Tencent joins Netmarble consortium in Nexon bid Bidding for largest Korean game developer expected to begin on February 21 Feb. 15, 2019 James Batchelor
News TinyBuild raises $15 million in Series A funding Funds to be used to increase staff, build more franchises, and invest in innovative gameplay Feb. 15, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Ubisoft holds steady in Q3 despite competitive holiday CEO Yves Guillemot anticipates "record performances" for both Q4 and the full fiscal year Feb. 14, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Rovio prepares to sell Hatch following lacklustre financials Angry Birds developer sees annual profit and revenue decline following "best ever year" Feb. 14, 2019 Ivy Taylor 1 comment
News THQ Nordic net sales rose 713% to $447.6m in 2018 Publisher now has 77 games in development, including 48 unannounced projects Feb. 13, 2019 James Batchelor