It has been a bad week in AAA-games land. Bizarre Creations up for sale. Budcat closed. LucasArts lays off 50 staff. Ubisoft’s share price falls 22% on the back of weak numbers. Disney and Viacom step back...

You may already have noticed that GAMESbrief looks different. It’s been more than two years since I first hacked GAMESbrief together, and I am no designer, as I’m sure that anyone who has been reading the blog...

I am not a fan of special pleading for an industry. I would prefer a government to work to make Britain a more favourable environment for all entrepreneurs, not just games ones. I’ve written my arguments on...

“All too often entrepreneurs with very young companies start thinking about raising money almost before anything else, and then they write a business plan designed to please investors, and before they know it the cart has got...

I have just been reading the debate in the House of Commons about tax breaks for video games. It is a surprisingly interesting debate, with contributions from David Hanson (Lab Delyn), Jim McGovern (Lab, Dundee West), Stewart...

What a difference a week makes. Last month, I wrote a blog post saying how I viewed the future of games in three parts: AAA blockbusters (the “movie” model”), persistent ongoing games (the “television” model) and independents....

This is the second post in a series I’m calling ARM yourself. Acquisition used to seem so easy. You simply added a button called “Invite your friends” on your website. They all clicked on it, you sold...