MCV today reports that CHIPS has gone bust, with the loss of 29 jobs at head office and at its wholly owned stores. The company is at pains to point out that its franchise stores are not...

Welcome to the tenth in a series of 12 posts from games developers who have taken the brave step into self-publishing. They have all contributed to How to Publish a Game, and you can get the

I was reading the TechCrunch report of Disney’s acquisition of Playdom and this comment leaped out at me: “The sad truth is that 90% of employees got nothing immediately from this deal. 90% of Playdom employees joined...

The acquisition of Playdom by Disney is all about exploiting Disney’s IP on social plafforms. But will it work? Disney has paid $563.2 million, mainly in cash, plus a $200 million earnout for Playdom. that’s a total...

With the news that GameSpot has acquired Kongregate, I thought it was time to put forward my thoughts on why portals are vastly less relevant than they were four years ago. It’s a brief extract from How...

The goldrush is still on for social games, and employees seem to be the biggest beneficiaries. That’s the message from Vonchurch, a specialized recruited that has placed 120 candidates in social games companies since September 2009, in...

I’ve been asked to speak at the Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival. I’ve never made it to EIEF before, and I’m honoured to have been asked. My topic is Whales, power laws and the future of media. The...