BAFTA is hosting a networking event for the games industry next Friday 29th May. The event is described as an “informal video games and networking night on the evening of Friday May 29th, in association with award-winning...

GamaSutra is reporting that Warner has bid $33 million for Midway, $3 million above the bonus target revealed in court documents last month. The deal includes Mortal Kombat and the Chicago and Seattle studios but leaves out...

Swedish developer Avalanche has made 20 staff redundant. The company is currently working on Just Cause 2 for Eidos and The Hunter for Emote Games. Today’s redundancies follow 77 layoffs made by Avalanche last October.

Frontier has just announced that it has joined ELSPA. The developer, famous for Dog’s Life and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 and led by David Braben, says that “ ELSPA addresses what we as game creators feel are the...

The BBC reports that two EU Commissioners, Viviane Reding and Meglena Kuneva, are trying to make software (including games) subject to the EU Sales and Guarantees Directive. Which means that they games companies would have to offer...

GamaSutra reports an office sale that suggests Gamelab may be shutting down. GameSetWatch has photos of an “everything must go” sale as the company closes its physical offices. Despite the success of the original Diner Dash, it...