Last week, MCV ran a story entitled Hollywood stars land at Gamescom. It listed the “stars” who were attending shows to promote games at the consumer event in Cologne. I haven’t heard of any of them. Not...

Stuart Dredge has compiled this list of 157 stats you should know about Apps. It covers installed base, downloads, revenues and more. It’s an amazingly useful resource. Check it out. 157 Mobile App Stats You Should Know...

With so much rumour swirling around, I thought I would just reproduce the official press release from administrators Begbies Traynor about the latest situation at RealTime Worlds. I’ve changed the Job Loss Tracker to total 194 job...

GamesIndustry.biz is reporting on a speech by Ed Balls, the Labour leader candidate, linking the refusal of the coalition government to implement games tax credits with the demise of RealTime Worlds. This is so wrong-headed I don’t...

I’ve picked up a rumour that the founders of RealTime Worlds are looking at buying Project MyWorld, after the company went into administration earlier this week. [UPDATE: Johnny Minkley at GamesIndustry.biz beat me to the punch by...

I may have been hasty in adding the entire staff of RealTime Worlds to the Job Loss Tracker. GamaSutra and GamesIndustry.biz report three bits of good news: RealTime Worlds has recruited back 23 of the 60 staff...

GameSpot reports that the largest Australian developer, Krome Studios, is likely to shut down its Adelade studio and put staff at its Brisbourne and Adelaide offices on notice. The company has made a series of redundancies recently...