Warners put £60 million into Sci/EIDOS
Here we go at last. Using Warner’s distribution gives Sci some advantages of scale. However they are still probably not beig enough for AAA console game risk. And who is […]
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Time for a bit more publisher consolidation?
Publisher consolidation is an ongoing story in any form of IP publishing. The competitive advantages of scale are so great and are becoming greater. It is something of an ongoing […]
Eight news stories 29.1
Warner Brothers confirm the third Tomb Raider movie. (The previous two were made by Paramount). This is indicative of two relationships. The first between Warners and Eidos, which could well […]
Eight news stories 18.12
Sony launch Home to much criticism, it has been hacked and features sexual harassment. Overall it is a disaster for Sony and needs much work before it begins to become […]
Game industry consolidation during the economic downturn
In The Times last week there was an article titled “M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions)Â deals worth $90billion collapse as volatility makes valuations impossible” which would seem to be bad news for […]
Ubisoft go shopping
There are two great strategic effects coming together here with some serendipdy. The first is that Ubisoft are very well managed as a company. They have a fantastic global studio […]
Murdoch makes his move
News Corporation, famously, were unique amongst the big Holywood studios/global media companies in having no game publishing presence. Despite the fact that gaming, inevitably, will grow to be bigger than […]