It may seem odd to be writing about women’s employment and maternity rights in a blog dedicated to the business of games, but I make no apology. It is a fundamental issue that has already sparked debate...

I’m catching up on a number of layoffs or redundancies that I missed or failed to post earlier in the year. Eidos closes Eidos Hungary (formerly Mithis Studios) August 2009 – The developer of BattleStations Midway was...

Eighty per cent of posts at Champ Man developer Beautiful Games Studios will be cut or transferred to China, according to Gi.biz. Roy Meredith will continue to head the studio, and the Championship Manager brand will still...

Streamline Studios has shut its Amsterdam office with the loss of 10 jobs, according to GamesIndustry.biz. Reading the interview in more depth (and confirming that the website is down) makes it look as if Streamline has, in...

Rupert Murdoch has taken aim at Google for “stealing his content”. Google has riposted by saying that news content “is not a big part of how we generate revenue”. Observers have argued that Murdoch doesn’t get the...

I spend the weekend updating the website. Upgraded WordPress. Optimised the database. Stripped out a bunch of unnecessary plugins/widgets. I also spent ages hunting down the bug that stops the “previous posts” button from taking to you...

Disclosure: Huddle is a client of mine and I love what they do, so I wanted to share it with you. I think their service – making it easy to collaborate online – is incredibly valuable to...