Ok, so I’ve been slow to blog on the biggest story to hit the games world this year*, but I’ve been thinking about it. Thinking long and hard. On the face of it, this deal looks unlikely....

GI.biz reports that In2Games has been acquired by Californian peripherals company PDP. In2Games was founded to bring joypad-free gaming to the console. In the days when the Wii was still on the horizon, their Gametrak peripheral offered players...

Mousebreaker.com, a casual gaming portal aimed squarely at males aged 18-34, has just been snapped up for a reported “seven figure sum.” IPC Media, publisher of titles ranging from lads mags Nuts and >Loaded to NME and...

The banks that bankrolled the buyout of Endemol from Telefonica last year are seeking their money back – at a thumping great discount. Endemol, maker of Big Brother and Deal or No Deal, was bought by €2.6...

I was quoted extensively in MCV this week talking about the future of Take Two (full text below, because they are a quaint offline magazine). The main question I was asked was whether GTA IV had “saved”...

The FT reported yesterday that Bigpoint has been acquired in a transaction valued at €70 million. (As an aside, that’s $110 million, which shows how weak the dollar is against the euro at the moment – not...

Ynon Kreisz has just been appointed Chief Executive of Endemol, the TV production company that makes Big Brother and Deal or No Deal. The production company was acquired for €3.1 billion last year by Goldman Sachs Capital...