Yesterday evening, Kemp Little and MindCandy hosted a get-together of the UK social games business. There were CEOs from companies like Playfish, eRepublik, CyberSports, Jolt Online, Playfire and Atari. There was a good showing from VCs as...

It’s early days, but a report on the BBC blog suggests that Sony’s vision of a PlayStation at the heart of every living room may have taken a small step closer to reality. The PS3 now represents...

BAFTA is hosting a “Conversation with David Braben” on Monday 14th September. I’ll be there. Maybe you want to come too. A Life In Video Games: Elite co-creator David Braben Monday September 14, 2009 at 6:15pm BAFTA...

Tiananmen Square, eat your heart out. Nothing gets a gamer so riled as “suits” messing with their favourite franchise. So when a new version of The Legend Returns was launched, with shocking features such as allowing players...

No one leaves Activision to join a casual or web-gaming business, for the simple the reason that they just don’t get it. EA’s recent weakness is a strength, if only they can stop the brain drain. The...

British success story Jagex continues to expand its senior management team with the promotion of Rob Smith to COO. In recent months, the company has recruited veteran game designer Jon Hare and promoted CTO Mark Gerhard to...

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...