The Guardian has released its “top 100 tech media companies” (whatever a tech media company is…) Playfish and MindCandy both make the top 10. Congratulations to Kristian Segerstrale and Michael Acton Smith and their respective teams. It’s...

The games market is changing fast, and it’s hard to keep up with the legal implications. That’s why IBC is running a conference on “Protecting & Exploiting Content in Video Games” on 29th September 2009. Speakers include...

Farmville may be the fastest growing Facebook game ever. It was only released in July and in August, over 33 million people played it. What’s the secret of its success? Sponsored link: Learn inside secrets for Farmville...

As the resident journo who speaks ‘controversy’, it’s my somewhat reluctant job to cover news that Take Two has finally settled its class action lawsuit over the Hot Coffee debacle to the tune of $20 million. “Under...

Developer Bottlerocket has gone bust, according to GamesIndustry.biz. The company part-developed Splatterhouse for Namco Bandai before an acrimonious split, and was also working on project for defunct publisher Brash. Added to the Job Loss Tracker.

CORRECTION: The site that changed hands was games.eu, not gamers.eu. I still know a man who owns gamer.co.uk…   Domain broker Sedo has announced that the domain gamers.eu has changed hands for €67,500. I know a man...

That’s the bold claim from Playfish co-founder Sebastien de Halleux in an interview with the Financial Times this morning. His claim is an estimate “based on average revenues of $1 per month from the 20 per cent...