Gen Con has secured sponsorship for the next three years, ending with Gen Con Indy 2015 in a deal with Pazio Publishing. The Pathfinder publisher will boost their Gen Con presence by about 30% this year. This means growing from Booth #203 to supporting events hosted in the Sagamore Ballroom of the Indiana Covention Center. […]
Atari goes bankrupt
Atari has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the States. This gives the iconic video games firm the ability to solider on for now, without predators swooping in to grab the brand name, while it tries to find a last minute save. Atari was the market leader for gaming consoles in the 70s. It […]
The original Batmobile sells for $4.2 million
The estimate was $5m for the first Batmobile. This was the car that was actually used in the 60s Batman TV show; unlike the many copies. It’s about 19 foot long and was owned by Geore Barris who took a 1955 Lincoln Futura and changed it to make the iconic Batmobile. Before the auction, Barris, […]
Games Workshop boss quits
Games Workshop’s CEO, Mark Wells, announced today that he’ll be stepping down. The British company posted their half year performance today and the results are good. In the six months running to December sales increased from £62.7 million to £67.5 million and at the same time the company reduced operating expenses by £1.4 million. Where […]
2 million dollars for rare trading cards find
A family will be looking to earn as much as 2 million dollars in a series of auctions after finding a complete set of rare baseball trading cards in their attic in Ohio. The money will be split between some 20 cousins. The home, in Defiance, Ohio, belonged to their grandfather who ran a market […]
Blueshore Global pin Game’s recovery on console cycle
In the UK the biggest computer game retailer – GAME – is having a horrible time. They seem to be at death’s door given that key suppliers like EA, Sega, Nintendo and Microsoft are now refusing to sell stock to the shop. Only Sony and Activision seem faithful. Do Codemasters count? At one point it […]
Games Workshop scores a critical hit as profits boom
It’s a tough economy out there. Just this morning this blogger read about another familiar high street name going into administration. Then it was time to find out about Games Workshop. The company’s trading statement said; “As a niche business, we, in general terms, neither benefit nor suffer from macroeconomic factors as our current results […]
Graphic.ly secures another $3m. Real life comic book heroes?
I’m a big fan of the concept of Graphic.ly. It’s where you go to find online comics and read them in a screen-friendly way. I’ve used their app on my touchscreen laptop. I think their Chrome Extension is a successful trailblazer (and an illustration of just how powerful the future web will be). I’m clearly […]
Games Workshop revenue down by £2.5m; selling less but squeezing more
We knew this was coming because Games Workshop did the publicly listed responsible thing of issuing a post-Christmas warning and today, with the figures out, we can see the £2.5m drop in revenue. Revenue for the last year stands at £60m, that’s down from about £62.5m the year before. As expected pre-tax profits are down […]
Games Workshop: Revenue up to £126.5 million
UK based Games Workshop posted slightly increased revenue this year. This was not due to any increase in sales – which Games Workshop described as ‘sluggish’ – but due to cost-cutting measures. The news is pretty good. Although the increase in revenue is quite small in percentage terms; from £125.7m to £126.5m the company had […]
