In a sign that social games companies are taking gameplay design ever more seriously, SGN has hired Eric Lindstrom as Chief Creative Officer. Lindstrom was creative director and principal designer of Tomb Raider Underworld and story designer, screenplay...

I reported on the imminent IPO of Changyou earlier in the week, and it appears to have gone well. Chris Nuttall of the FT saysthat the Changyou IPO priced at the top of the range ($16), and...

I read an article in the FT on the Square/Eidos merger that started “Unloved by investors, demonised by the tabloids, sidelined by the government but adored by teenage boys”. It was sufficiently cliched that I was upset,...

Crush Digital appears to have gone bust before it released its first game. GamesIndustry.biz reports that the Nottingham studio has appointed Cameron Gunn of ReSolve Partners as administrator. (You may remember him from the recent administration of...

Opening weekends are a staple of Hollywood reporting, and Activision is getting in on the act. The World at War Map for Call of Duty 4 had “more than one million downloads… during its first weekend of...

I’ve just finished reading Admirals, by Andrew Lambert. It’s a fascinating read, making a revisionist case for the most important admirals in British history. Out go Drake, Nelson and Jellicoe. In come James II, Geoffrey Hornby and...

Unsecured creditors are kicking up a stink about Midway’s bonus scheme announced earlier this month. Among other things, they claim: The bonus scheme is paying additional money to staff simply to do their jobs The bonuses are 400% greater than...