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Read More »Miniclip eyes console publishing as next big venture
Mobile and browser game publisher Miniclip says it hopes console games will become a big part of its portfolio going forward. The firm is due to enter this market for the first time next month with the release of Saber Interactive’s MX Nitro, a follow-up to the Motocross Nitro browser …
Read More »Majesco has left the games business
Cooking Mama, BloodRayne and Psychonauts publisher Majesco has exited the world of video games after a merger with PolarityTE. The pair will drop the Majesco name and move forward into the medical world. PolarityTE specialises in tissue regeneration technology. Its former boss Dr Denver Lough will act as CEO of …
Read More »Big Viking reveals $10m publishing fund for Facebook’s Instant Games
Company redouble efforts to support HTML5 efforts
Read More »Telltale talks Mr Robot, Batman and its new publishing business
Telltale doesn’t make games like other people. It doesn’t begin a game with a prototype or concept art, instead it starts with a script. We don’t produce a game visually until we feel we have completed the script,” explains Job Stauffer, the head of creative communications at The Walking Dead, …
Read More »GAME wants to stock GameStop’s titles
GAME says it has no intention of following in the footsteps of its big rival GameStop, and begin publishing its own titles. GameStop entered publishing earlier this year and has already released one game, Insomniac’s Song of the Deep (pictured). The title was made available via digital platforms, with the …
Read More »Ubisoft offering Canadian indies $50,000 funding and uPlay publishing deal
Contest aims to help grow region’s indie scene, devs will retain full rights and revenues from their games
Read More »Capcom wants a piece of shooter, strategy and eSports markets
Increased diversity appears to be the name of the game from Capcom, which has detailed how it intends to aim for the crown of top global publisher. Videogamer reports that the company has vowed to bolster its development capabilities with investment and hires, and to strike out into genres it …
Read More »Ubisoft Publishing is the company’s new book venture
Having previously hooked up with others for its print ambitions, Ubisoft has announced its own book publishing operations. Ubisoft Publishing will release its debut item, Assassin’s Creed: Heresy, on November 15th. Thematically it stays close to the games, interweaving a modern day Templar tale with a 14th century plot involving …
Read More »Mobile publisher BulkyPix begins liquidation, devs given payment recovery deadline
Partners of sinking label founded by former Vivendi staff given up to four months to secure their games and money
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