ALL THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF PC GAMES

Industry Icon

Going behind the scenes on the biggest names and classic games

Featured

The making of Counter-Strike: How a Half-Life mod went from hobby project to the big leagues THE MAKING OF May 28th, 2019

The making of Counter-Strike: How a Half-Life mod went from hobby project to the big leagues

Co-creator Minh "Gooseman" Le tells us more

Recent articles

What's next for SpatialOS maker Improbable? FEATURE May 16th, 2019

What's next for SpatialOS maker Improbable?

CPO and co-founder Rob Whitehead tells us more

What Keywords Studios' acquisition strategy looks like for the coming year INDUSTRY ICON Apr 25th, 2019

What Keywords Studios' acquisition strategy looks like for the coming year

CEO Andrew Day opens up about what the firm is looking for moving forward and what lessons he learnt from taking Keywords public

Here's what BioWare vet Aaryn Flynn is doing at Improbable's Edmonton studio INDUSTRY ICON Apr 17th, 2019

Here's what BioWare vet Aaryn Flynn is doing at Improbable's Edmonton studio

The development alum talks RPGs, cloud tech and working with the SpatialOS firm

Exclusives, free games and Fortnite: Behind the scenes on the Epic Games Store strategy INDUSTRY ICON Apr 12th, 2019

Exclusives, free games and Fortnite: Behind the scenes on the Epic Games Store strategy

CEO Tim Sweeney gives us a hint as to how the platform has performed so far

Why investors including Tencent put $3.6m behind these CCP vets' new studio $$$$ Apr 2nd, 2019

Why investors including Tencent put $3.6m behind these CCP vets' new studio

"It was fairly easy to raise money because of our track record in the industry"

Brenda Romero: "Start coding tonight. Start making games. Don’t wait for college" WOMEN IN GAMES Mar 8th, 2019

Brenda Romero: "Start coding tonight. Start making games. Don’t wait for college"

Today is International Women's Day and to mark the occasion, we have decided to highlight some of the incredible women working in the games industry

After years of hard work, NetEase says it's seeing success outside of China INDUSTRY ICON Oct 18th, 2018

After years of hard work, NetEase says it's seeing success outside of China

Firm's GM of Strategic Investment and Partnership Simon Zhu talks about the company's expansion beyond MMOs

12 years of persistence and eight of success: World of Tanks firm Wargaming turns 20 INDUSTRY ICON Sep 6th, 2018

12 years of persistence and eight of success: World of Tanks firm Wargaming turns 20

CEO Victor Kislyi tells us about how the company massively outgrew its humble beginnings

New IP Strange Brigade, a Rogue Trooper film and lots of 2000AD - Rebellion sure has a lot going on at the moment INDUSTRY ICON Aug 10th, 2018

New IP Strange Brigade, a Rogue Trooper film and lots of 2000AD - Rebellion sure has a lot going on at the moment

CEO Jason Kingsley OBE on the Oxford firm's new focus on self-publishing, new IP and making more use of Dredd and co in different media

AI, narrative and experimentation - Chet Faliszek tells us what he's up to at Bossa INDUSTRY ICON Jul 26th, 2018

AI, narrative and experimentation - Chet Faliszek tells us what he's up to at Bossa

The Valve vet shares what artificial intelligence could mean for video game narrative

Behind the scenes on Microsoft's E3 2018 spending spree - Matt Booty on why the Big M splashed so much cash on its first-party line-up INDUSTRY ICON Jul 17th, 2018

Behind the scenes on Microsoft's E3 2018 spending spree - Matt Booty on why the Big M splashed so much cash on its first-party line-up

The recently-appointed CVP of Microsoft Studios shares why it bought the four developers it did and what the plan is for its new outfit The Initiative

"People like weird shit" - Edmund McMillen takes us behind the scenes on The Binding of Isaac THE MAKING OF Jul 9th, 2018

"People like weird shit" - Edmund McMillen takes us behind the scenes on The Binding of Isaac

How a small, weird project that was almost released for free became the developer's most successful project yet and why it has been supported for seven whole years

"The indie games market is the best possible space to be in terms of innovation, passion and financial opportunity" GUESS WHO'S BACK? Apr 26th, 2018

"The indie games market is the best possible space to be in terms of innovation, passion and financial opportunity"

PlayStation US vet Jack Tretton tells us about his new investment firm Interactive Gaming Ventures

Devolver and Good Shepherd's Wilson: 'The indie games market is definitely tougher now' INDIE PUBLISHING 101 Apr 18th, 2018

Devolver and Good Shepherd's Wilson: 'The indie games market is definitely tougher now'

The industry vet talks indie publishing highs and lows, mental health and why developers need to keep IP

How Valve vet Chet Faliszek and Bossa Studios are pushing game narrative using AI INDUSTRY ICON Mar 13th, 2018

How Valve vet Chet Faliszek and Bossa Studios are pushing game narrative using AI

"I’ve know the team at Bossa for over five years and chatted with them through the years about taking chances, trying to do something different, something that could fail"

1 2