Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter is facing a worker strike tomorrow after months of talks with union members stalled over proposals for a minimum salary and protections for its long-running four-day work week programme.
An intensive pre-launch community-building campaign has already powered Don't Starve: The Board Game to one of the biggest Kickstarter raises of 2025, with about $1.5m pledged less than 24 hours after the project's launch.
A venerable French competition which aims to highlight the most original unpublished board game designs has revealed its latest cohort of winners.
The designer and illustrator of co-operative card game Présages have both picked up awards in this year's Prix des Boutiques Ludiques, chosen by French board game retailers.
A new competition designed to showcase Vietnam's burgeoning local board game design scene at the world's biggest board game fair, Spiel Essen, has unveiled its first winner from almost 150 entries.
Steamforged Games, the tabletop publisher behind licensed video game adaptations including Elden Ring and Monster Hunter World, has expanded its retailer-focused trade team as the UK-based company looks to continue its recent rapid growth.
A former airline pilot who has spent the last decade building a board game distribution business and chain of retailers in the Middle East is hoping to create the region's equivalent of Gen Con with the launch of a Dubai-based convention this November.
HABA, the veteran German toymaker famous for its board games aimed at young children, has begun an expansion into heavier, more complex titles by signing a distribution deal for NorthStar Game Studio title Nature.
Hobby games trade organisation GAMA has brought in its first-ever chief operating officer to help manage growing staff numbers, as it prepares to do away with 'whack-a-mole' planning by unveiling its inaugural 10-year plan.
German children's book, gifts and stationery publisher ArsEdition has expanded into board games with the launch of a new publishing arm led by former Amigo and Ravensburger exec Volker Hirsch.
The Bobby Nunes Memorial Award, launched last year to recognise historical gaming’s most exceptional culture writers, podcasters and video essay makers, has unveiled its second annual cohort of finalists.
CMON has sold off two more of its game IPs as it continues its fightback against heavy losses - just 18 months after acquiring them from financially-devastated board game crowdfunding specialist Mythic Games.
Board game publishing and distribution giant Asmodee has launched a dedicated kids-focused brand as it prepares to release a slate of re-worked, simpler and shorter versions of some of its most popular titles.
Long-running French board game publisher Ludonaute is calling time on creating new games at the end of 2025, saying the hobby's huge expansion in recent years had seen passion within the industry leech away in favour of economic decision-making.
The longest-running award celebrating Dutch language board games has unveiled the nine nominees fighting it out in this year's competition.
CMON was already reeling from a more than $3m loss last year, with falling sales for its crowdfunding campaigns leading the company to its lowest annual revenue since pandemic-hit 2020.
Big Potato Games, the UK board game publisher behind titles including The Chameleon and Herd Mentality, has picked up £16.2m of outside funding from investment firm Mobeus Equity Partners.
Devir Games has halted sales of its new release Ace of Spades after being called out for using racist and culturally insensitive artwork in the game, calling it "a serious mistake that we recognize and deeply regret".
Board game crowdfunding giant CMON has lost two more long-serving senior executives amid its attempt to fight back from heavy 2024 losses and a drastic downsizing spurred by US tariffs volatility.
Zatu Games, one of the UK's biggest board game retailers, has added licensed game specialists Maestro Media and Steamforged Games to its growing distribution operation.
North America's biggest tabletop gaming convention, Gen Con, has scored another year of record attendance and exhibitor numbers, despite fears that ongoing US tariff volatility would see publishers and visitors choosing to skip the 2025 show.
