News - videogames

What could HP’s acquisition of HyperX mean for the world of gaming?

As one of the biggest computer manufacturers in the world, it should come as little surprise that He...

Big play as videogame firm snapped up in £43m deal

A videogame company based in Portsmouth has been snapped up in a £43 million acquisition.  Clim...

60 seconds with Phil Mansell, CEO at Jagex

Jagex is the developer behind fantasy RPG RuneScape, one of the world’s longest-running and most s...

Game engine giant Unity to establish UK centre of excellence

Unity is to establish a centre of excellence at MediaCity in Salford.  The game engine giant,...

Revealing UK’s 100 MediaTech Innovators for 2021

LifeScore has been crowned the UK’s most innovative MediaTech company after securing backing ...

Inside UK’s £1 billion videogame franchise RuneScape

Cambridge-headquartered Jagex could just be the most successful videogame developer you’ve never...

£3m funding to boost Soccer Manager growth

Preston-based online game Soccer Manager has secured a further £3 million to support its continued ...

EA completes $1.2bn takeover of Codemasters

Historic UK videogames firm Codemasters has been taken over by Electronic Arts in a $1.2 billion de...

Videogame studio behind £1bn RuneScape franchise acquired

Leading UK videogame studio Jagex has been acquired by global investor The Carlyle Group.  Jage...

Swedish gaming group acquires Newcastle multiplayer specialist

Swedish gaming group Embracer has today entered into an agreement to acquire Newcastle-based games s...

Facebook adds major titles to cloud-based gaming service

Facebook has announced the addition of some major gaming titles to its new cloud-streamed game offer...

Sunderland games developer acquired in potential £65.5m deal

Sunderland-headquartered games studio Coatsink is has been acquired by a Swedish company for an upfr...