Midnight Hub shuts down
Swedish studio calls it quits after Lake Ridden sees sluggish sales despite "the best launch imaginable"
Articles by Brendan Sinclair
Brendan Sinclair, North American Editor
Brendan joined GamesIndustry International in 2012. Based in Toronto, Ontario, he was previously senior news editor at CBS-owned GameSpot in the US.
Recent articles by Brendan Sinclair
IGDA launches Speaker Diversity Initiative
Developer group rolls out resources for event organizers to find underrepresented minority speakers and a grant program to cover their travel costs
GOG: Streaming is another layer of DRM
Head of global communication Lukasz Kukawski says streaming won't take over game distribution, talks about storefront's approach to discoverability and audience expansion
Crystal Dynamics opening Washington studio
Bellevue-based Crystal Northwest formed with Wargaming Seattle veterans, set to work on tech development for upcoming Avengers game
Escalation Studios joins Bethesda Game Studios
Dallas-based Zenimax subsidiary becomes part of sister studio's operation, has been working on Fallout 76 and Starfield
Robot Cache names Laura Naviaux Sturr chief marketing officer
Former chief publishing officer at Daybreak signs on with blockchain-based digital storefront
DLC: Can games change people's minds?
Developers behind Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, Night in the Woods, and Katamary Damacy share whether their message-laden games impacted the audience
Perfect World reignites Torchlight with new studio
Runic Games co-founder Max Schaefer returns to shuttered outfit's franchise with Perfect World subsidiary Echtra Games
Discord begins selling games
Chat service beta testing digital storefront with curated selection of games and timed exclusives, adds free games to Nitro subscription service
EmuParadise removes ROMs
Users won't be able to download games from long-running site any more; "It's not worth it for us to risk potentially disastrous consequences"
"Netflix of games" a threat to developers
If subscription streaming services take off, creators likely to lose leverage in dealing with platform holders
Streaming will happen, just a matter of when - EA
Executive VP of strategic growth Matt Bilbey sees streaming-capable smart TVs eliminating traditional consoles in 10 years, discusses "EA moral compass" after Star Wars: Battlefront 2 loot box backlash
All the Small Things: Ben Brode says devs often overlook key areas
Former Hearthstone director lays out little things in game dev that pay big dividends, talks about fostering a positive community and healthy team
Call of Duty mobile game in works for China
Activision and Tencent working on free-to-play first-person action game to debut in coming months; Timi tapped to develop game
Zynga Q2 sees bookings jump 12%
Social publisher beats guidance with $233.9 million in non-GAAP sales, net losses of just over $900,000
Making the piracy problem worse
10 Years Ago This Month: Some publishers look at the recording industry's disastrous reaction to file-sharing and basically copy it
Why did licensed games get better?
BD Labs' Mark Caplan traces the industry trends that turned big-name properties from a warning sign to a welcome addition
Sega capitalizing on foreign exchange with Yakuza, Total War
Sega Europe exec John Clark says audiences in Asia and the West are increasingly interested in games from the other region's developers, but for different reasons
Fortnite's success may be undermining big franchises - Superdata
Market research firm says Epic's shooter is bringing in new audiences, but also masking declines in old series
MidBoss picks up the pieces after employee abuse scandal
Interim CEO and creative director discuss trying to save the 2064: Read Only Memories studio after founder accused of sexual harassment and employee mistreatment
Microsoft working on streaming-only console - Report
Thurrott says Scarlett family of devices will debut in 2020, including a traditional console and a more affordable, lower powered cloud device
2K's light slate belies bigger ambitions
President David Ismailer discusses publisher's plans to grow, how it evaluates development partners, and thoughts on esports betting
Microsoft annual gaming revenue tops $10 billion
Xbox maker's full-year results show year-over-year growth in sales, Xbox Live active users
Bethesda unlikely to use external developers in future
Todd Howard says despite Obsidian's success on Fallout: New Vegas, the company is now large enough to handle such work internally
Taking stock after five years of ID@Xbox
Chris Charla talks about the program's biggest successes, pain points, and the conventional wisdom on when to announce and release independent games
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