A case for the possible sale of Wizards of the Coast ~games.tabletop dungeons and dragons Article 746 words 6 votes
Sex, lies and video games: Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry — instead, everyone played each other Article 8599 words, published Nov 23 2020 12 votes
Roblox files for IPO - Kid-focused, user-generated content platform has not yet turned a profit despite skyrocketing DAUs, bookings Article 765 words, published Nov 10 2020 5 votes
Take-Two Interactive reaches agreement for recommended acquisition of British racing game developer Codemasters for almost $1 billion Article 1408 words 7 votes
Despite brute-forcing its way to dominance in many other industries, Amazon is having difficulty getting a foothold in games Article 4812 words 11 votes
Speedrun.com acquired by Elo Entertainment (owner of Dotabuff & co.), founder steps down Article 478 words 13 votes
Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda, id Software, Arkane Studios, and more Article 519 words 44 votes
The storefront conundrum - Thoughts about where to sell a text-based indie game Article 1903 words 4 votes
Ubisoft fires former Assassin’s Creed Valhalla creative director following an investigation Article 327 words, published Aug 14 2020 8 votes
Epic Games closes a $1.78 billion funding round, with the company's valuation now at $17.3 billion Article 158 words 5 votes
2K Games breaks gaming's de facto $60 (USD) price ceiling, announces MSRP for next-gen NBA 2K21 as $70 Article 815 words 21 votes
Kongregate is no longer accepting new games, will shut down almost all of their chat/forums in three weeks, and is laying off employees Article 386 words 26 votes
Mixer’s sudden shutdown has streamers scrambling to reboot their careers on Twitch Article 2231 words 5 votes
Microsoft is shutting down their Mixer livestreaming service on July 22 and encouraging users to switch to Facebook Gaming Article 600 words 36 votes
Ready at Dawn (developer of VR games Lone Echo, Echo Arena, Echo Combat) has been aquired by Facebook's Oculus Studios Article 617 words 3 votes
Riot Games investigating exec who blamed George Floyd’s murder on his "lifestyle" Article 604 words 12 votes
RuneScape developer Jagex acquired for $530 million by Macarthur Fortune Holding Article 175 words, published Apr 3 2020 9 votes
Finland's biggest game maker Supercell reported its full-year 2019 sales rose 2% to 1.39 billion euros Article 269 words 5 votes
Dauntless developer Phoenix Labs has been acquired by Garena for $150 million Article 915 words 3 votes
Competition between video game streaming platforms is heating up as Mixer, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming lure away high-profile Twitch streamers with multi-million-dollar offers Article 11 votes
Introducing the GamesIndustry.biz Academy, a new section of the site for guides on a variety of topics related to game development and the industry Article 341 words, published Jan 8 2020 5 votes
Epic Games Store has generated $680 million in revenue so far, largely from exclusives. Weekly free games will continue through 2020 Article 1004 words 12 votes
Fantasy Flight Games appears to have laid off at least ten staff, and is shutting down Fantasy Flight Interactive ~games.tabletop Article 560 words 6 votes
Sixteen significant gaming industry figures talk about some of the major trends and changes in gaming over the last decade Article 5415 words, published Dec 19 2019 10 votes
Amid accusations of harassment and bad business practices, Ben Judd has resigned or been removed from his positions as CEO of Dangen, VP of DDM Japan, and more Article 3165 words 4 votes
2019 in Review: Gaming industry figures and companies faced a year of PR disasters and missteps with few lasting consequences, but some progress was made Article 1824 words, published Dec 9 2019 7 votes
PlayStation: The first twenty-five years - An oral history of Sony’s big gaming play, and how it changed the world Article 11 615 words 6 votes
Rune II developer Human Head Studios is being sued by publisher Ragnarok after it abandoned the game one day after its release in order to join Bethesda Article 637 words 7 votes
Riot Games will pay at least $10 million to settle gender discrimination suit, split between all female employees who worked there in the last five years Article 728 words 17 votes
Codemasters has acquired Project CARS developer Slightly Mad Studios for $30 million Article 452 words 6 votes
Abbey Games (developer of Reus, Renowned Explorers, and Godhood) will end all employees' contracts at the end of the year Article 1007 words 7 votes
Ubisoft delays Watch Dogs Legion, Gods & Monsters, Rainbow Six Quarantine and dramatically drops financial targets Article 547 words, published Oct 8 2019 8 votes
The architect for the Atari VCS retro console has quit the project, claiming he hasn't been paid in six months Article 2506 words 8 votes
Tencent will acquire 29% of the shares in Funcom, becoming the largest shareholder Article 580 words 8 votes
Control's Epic Games Store exclusivity appears to have initially cost Epic €9.49 million (~$10.45M USD) Article 308 words 5 votes
Analysis of PC game sales on Steam in 2019, by Mike Rose (founder of publisher No More Robots) Link 13 votes
Telltale Games' assets have been purchased and some developers re-hired, with the goal of re-releasing select games from Telltale's back catalog and developing new games Article 721 words 8 votes