Category - Industry News

Square Enix Launches the Square Enix...

JANUARY 27th, 2014 — Square Enix today launches the pilot phase of its new community platform, Square Enix Collective™. Collective™ will showcase independently developed game concepts direct to the gaming community, allowing the community...

Steam Passes 65 Million Accounts

October 30, 2013 – Valve today announced 30% growth in active accounts during the trailing 12 months on Steam, a leading platform for PC, Mac, and Linux software. Now offering over 3,000 games and software titles to over 65 million...

Bethesda Softworks Opens Australia Office

October 2, 2013 (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks®, a ZeniMax® Media company, today announced it has established a new publishing office in Sydney, Australia. ZeniMax Australia Pty Ltd will directly oversee sales, marketing, and distribution...

Red 5 Studios Lays Off and Restructures

Laguna Hills, Calif. – September 16, 2013 – Red 5 Studios™ announced today that the studio is being reorganized prior to the launch of Firefall. “As Firefall matures, we must transition our priorities and our development strategy to focus on...

Konami Opens LA Games Studio

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – September 6th, 2013 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced the opening of a new Los Angeles development studio. The studio will be instrumental in developing a variety of games, including installments of the...

Xbox One Release Date Announced

Microsoft has announced that its next generation gaming console, the Xbox One, will be released on November 22nd, 2013 in 13 different markets. The Xbox One will cost $499.99 and is available for pre-order at the Microsoft store and other...

Raven’s Cry Changes Hands to Reality...

Karlsruhe, Germany August 27th 2013 – TopWare Interactive announced at this year’s gamescom in Cologne that the gritty Pirate Action Adventure “Raven’s Cry” has been handed to Polish developer Reality Pump Studios. Well known for...