The announcement issued this morning by Eidos warning of lower revenues as a result of disappointing sales of Tomb Raider Underworld makes stark reading for investors. The shares had fallen by 26% by lunchtime today to 12.75p,...

I’m sorry to bang out about Unity, I really am. But back when I was a callow youth, I remember a moment when I thought the computer game business would change forever. It was an ECTS in...

The Black Swan – The Impact of the Highly Improbable Could there be a better time to read The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb‘s enjoyable discourse on probability and humanity’s blindness to it? It’s a book that...

A TechCrunch article on Friday talks about Facebook’s need to seek new capital, together with an estimated breakdown of costs. Bandwidth: $500,000 per month Electricity: $1 million per month Storage: $4 million + per month, simply in...

Following my post about takeover speculation surrounding Eidos, Warner has changed its statement. According to Gamesindustry.biz, the company said: “Warner Bros. notes that it intends to acquire shares in SCi if and when it considers appropriate, subject...

Kudos to Kristian Segerstrale and the team at Playfish. Playfish has just secured $17 million in funding from Accel Partners and Index Ventures. This takes the total that the team has raised to $21 million. I have...

Yesterday, Eidos altered its standstill agreement with Warner Bros. The agreement, put in place at the time of the April fundraising, stopped Warner from raising its stake in Eidos without permission. Warner is now able to raise...