Category - Industry News

Ubisoft Closes Casablanca Studio

Paris – June 9, 2016 – Today, Ubisoft announced it will close its Casablanca studio. The studio will cease production on June 13. Employees were informed last week, and Ubisoft is providing transfer opportunities to other studios or assistance...

Kalypso Games Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Ridgewood, NJ – June 7, 2016 – “There is no future in video games.” Those were the words spoken by a German bank when they sent Kalypso Media founder Simon Hellwig away, declining his application for a loan to start his own video games...

Techland Moves Into Global Publishing

June 2nd , 2016 – Wroclaw, Poland/ Techland, the Poland-based company best known as the developer of many fan-favorite games including Dying Light, Dead Island, and the Call of Juarez series, is proud to announce its move into the international...

Funcom Secures Millions in Investment Funding

Oslo, Norway – May 26th, 2016 – Funcom, the independent developer and publisher of computer and console games, today announced that the company has received a 6.3 million USD private placement investment. The company has also significantly...

Blind Squirrel Games Under New Blind...

March 10, 2016 Orange County, Calif. – A Premier developer of video games for all platforms, Blind Squirrel Entertainment, Inc. has been newly formed through re-capitalization and incorporation in Delaware.  Blind Squirrel Games, the...

Wargaming’s New Chief Human Resources...

February 8, 2016 — Wargaming today announced the hiring of Jerry Prochazka as the company’s Chief Human Resources Officer. Prochazka brings more than 15 years of human resources operations and leadership experience in the video game and...