Board game giant Asmodee has seen its year-on-year sales figures slide for the second quarter in a row - but profits continue to rise at the company as it nears a spin-off from its troubled parent business Embracer Group.
Star Realms maker Wise Wizard Games has become the latest well-known board game publisher to begin using AI generated images in its projects, despite widespread criticism from artists that the technology is built upon stolen work.
Veteran French board game publisher Matagot is pulling out of publishing heavier games such as Kemet and Inis, instead focusing the company's future on the family, beginner and children's games market.
After years of financial struggles, French board game publisher FunForge has taken the drastic step of selling its entire line of Tokaido games to Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games, in a move it hopes will give the company breathing space to rebuild - and refocus - its business.
FunForge CEO Philippe Nouhra sat down with BoardGameWire at this year's Spiel Essen board game fair to discuss how the company is pivoting to small-box games in an attempt to rebuild financially and creatively, and why board gaming's broken crowdfunding and distribution models are leading the industry to a looming crisis.
Woodland-themed tableau-building card game Forest Shuffle has triumphed in this year's Deutscher Spiele Preis, the biggest community-voted board game award in Germany.
Czech Games Edition, the publisher of titles including Codenames and Lost Ruins of Arnak, has revealed a new logo and mascot to "freshen things up" after 17 years under its former brand.
Japanese board game publisher Oink Games has revealed its submarine treasure-hunting game Deep Sea Adventure has now been printed more than 300,000 times - and a new edition is coming later this year.
North America's giant tabletop gaming convention Gen Con has broken new ground again after a record 71,000 people flocked to Indianapolis for this year's event.
New York Toy Fair owner The Toy Association has bought Chicago Toy and Game Fair operator People of Play, bringing two of North America's largest toy and game industry events under the same umbrella.
