I don’t agree with the trolls who flamed Lily Allen into taking down her website about filesharing and piracy: the copyright law is a mess, it needs to be changed, and the more we can have an...

After halving the work force of 7 Studios yesterday, Activision has now shut Shaba Games, according to Kotaku. Shaba, which employed 30 staff, worked most recently on Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. Kotaku’s sources suggest that the closure...

As a developer, making money from games has never been more important. You’re considering (or have already started) making games that you publish yourself. But you’re torn between whether you can make more money from subscriptions or...

PopCap has raised $22.5 million, the first time it has taken outside investment. The investment in the makers of casual games like Bejewelled was led by Meritech Capital Partners. Typically, investors put money into businesses which have...

All is not well in the virtual world of Habbo Hotel. Parent company Sulake is starting the negotiation process to make 40 layoffs amongst its 200-strong Finnish workforce (the company employs 300 people globally). Habbo Hotel was...

Activision acquired 7 Studios, developer of Scratch the Ultimate DJ, in April 2009. Since Scratch is targeted at the same market as Activision’s DJ Hero, the acquisition led to a lawsuit from Scratch publisher Genius, alleging “intentional...

In amongst calls by Lord Mandelson to execute illegal filesharers and attempts by the likes of Codemasters and Atari to send their customers to jail, one man has stood up and said “do we really want to...