GamesIndustry.biz reports on a FADE report estimating XBLA sales in 2009. Here’s the top 10. XBLA Estimated Top Titles by Revenue, 2009 (Average Price) Battlefield 1943 (EA Dice) – $12.5 million ($15.00) Castle Crashers (The Behemoth) –...

Just a brief reminder that the earlybird booking for bringing a colleague at half price to my self-publishing masterclass on 25th February in London. You can find out more at the GamesDev Masterclass website Hope to see...

Inside Social Games ran a big interview with Neil Young, CEO of ngMoco, last week. Two things leaped out at me. If we can’t make a game free to play, we’re going to kill it Young comes...

I’ve been very slow at reporting on job losses in the games industry for a while. That’s what happens when you get crazy busy working for clients, while also working on a very exciting secret project for...

I don’t care about the SuperBowl. I struggle to care about soccer. I definitely have zero interest – none at all, not one iota – in American Football. Which causes a problem for Zynga. They’ve just sent...

I’m teaching a seminar! I’ve teamed up with Tandem Events, the guys who bring us the Develop Conferences in Brighton and Liverpool, to teach a Game Developer Masterclass. It’s about business, as you might expect. But more...

In a long corporate press release, Namco Bandai has today announced a restructuring plan that will see the loss of 630 jobs. Called the “BANDAI NAMCO Group Restart Plan” (and yes, they did reverse the names of...