
Asmodee shakes up UK leadership structure to kick off 2025
Board game publishing and distribution giant Asmodee has changed up its UK leadership structure to begin 2025, with a trio of senior executives being given updated roles.

Board game publishing and distribution giant Asmodee has changed up its UK leadership structure to begin 2025, with a trio of senior executives being given updated roles.

One of North America's biggest tabletop gaming distributors, Alliance Game Distributors, has received a $39m buyout bid from Canadian peer Universal Distribution after its long-time owner Diamond Comics filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday.

Devir Games has agreed to buy Spanish board game publisher Maldito Games, adding its portfolio of 'expert-level' localisations including Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova and Brass Birmingham to its catalogue.

Space exploration eurogame SETI has picked up its first major award by scooping this year's Diamant d’Or, a prize launched a decade ago to celebrate complex eurogames being overlooked by more mainstream board game awards.

French board game publisher Super Meeple plans to step up its own direct sales this year after struggling to get individual retailers to stock more than a handful of copies of each of its heavier games through 2024.

Stonemaier Games has unveiled the final game in its bestselling Wingspan trilogy, with the fish-themed Finspan set for release in Q1 of this year.

The long-running Cardboard Edison Award, which aims to highlight the best in currently unpublished board games, is changing the judging process for this year's competition after a backlash over last year's colonisation-themed winner.

Board game review giant Shut Up & Sit Down has made a further move into game development by inking a deal with star-studded publisher Play to Z - a financial tie-up it admits will mean "additional caveats, conversations, and potential complications" for its review work.

The Diamant d'Or, a prize launched almost a decade ago to celebrate complex eurogames being overlooked by more mainstream board game awards, has unveiled its eight finalists for 2025.

Capstone Games, the Ohio board game publisher which made a name for itself bringing complex eurogames to the US from Germany, has inked its first partnership with a Japanese publisher.