Journalist Christopher Dring teams with Geoff Keighley to unveil The Game Business publication

Journalist Christopher Dring announced the launch of The Game Business, a new media brand dedicated to covering the game industry, with backing from Geoff Keighley. Game journalism has been a tough place to be, with lots of layoffs that have come with similar troubles in the game industry. Dring and other journalists recently departed from GamesIndustry.biz, a similar publication owned by Gamer Network Limited, an IGN Entertainment company and subsidiary of Ziff Davis. But in a press release, the company argued that its presence is needed now “at a moment when the global video game industry is reshaping the landscape of entertainment and surpassing every other medium in cultural influence.” The games industry could certainly benefit from more transparency and good intelligence, and that’s what GamesBeat tries to do as well. I’m glad to see this happen, as there has been far too much news around game news publications shutting down. The Game business will be a global media brand dedi ... Read full article.