Most people in the games industry are now aware that Warren Spector’s studio, Junction Point, has been closed down by parent company Disney. Junction Point had a too-brief history, and produced just two games. One, Epic Mickey, saw middling critical success, but was a genuine commercial hit as a Nintendo…
Read MoreMCV just posted an incredibly interesting story. The news story itself just reports a merging of console and handheld hardware R&D division at Nintendo in Japan, but what is on the surface a dry organisational restructure news story has some dramatic between-the-lines ramifications. It means that no longer will Nintendo…
Read MoreJust a couple of hours ago we reported that THQ has declared bankruptcy. The good news is that it looks like the publisher has found a get out of jail free card. According to an announcement on its website, THQ’s President, Jason Rubin, has posted some good news to fans.…
Read MoreSad news for the games industry today; THQ has officially declared bankruptcy. The company has been struggling for well over a year now, of course, and the warning signs that it was in shut-down process have been coming thick and fast for months. Despite that we all hoped it could…
Read MoreEurocom has been around for 25 years and made some genuine classic games in its history, and has now announced that it is shutting down. The company had previously announced that it was scaling back its workforce to focus on mobile gaming. The 42 remaining staff that it had retained…
Read MoreA report from Niko Partners has found that South East Asia is set to be one of the fastest growth markets for the games industry over the next few years. The report; The 2012 Southeast Asian Game Market Regional Report, found the value of the games industry in South East…
Read MoreIt’s no secret that Japanese electronics companies in general are in bad shape at the moment. A high yen value, high costs of doing business, a depressed global economy cutting into demand for premium products, and low-cost competition from electronics companies out of China and South Korea are biting deep…
Read MoreMore unfortunate news on the Zynga front; the once-darling of social gaming has announced it will close its Boston office and lay off five per cent of its global workforce. This also puts its Japan and UK offices in immediate danger. In a memo circulated to staff, Zynga CEO, Mark…
Read MoreThanks to our friends at Nintendo Nation, there was a bit of bad news on the wire this morning – THQ is shutting its Australian office. The Darksiders 2 publisher had already shut down multiple Australian development studios, and was functioning purely as a marketing and logistics function in Australia,…
Read MoreWith a day to go before a new hardware revision hits stores, Sony Australia has shared some data that puts the console at #1 in Australia. For the first half of 2012, while the entire games industry was down overall, the PlayStation 3 was the best performing of all consoles.…
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