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Japanese social games giant DeNA has reported a 45 per cent jump in quarterly revenue to $627m. Profits were up 38 per cent year-on-year at $254m. The company’s Moba-coin virtual currency also set a new high, grossing $700m from mobile games in Japan. Coin consumption was for the first time …
Read More »Introducing the GamesAid choir!
GamesAid’s latest fundraising venture has been revealed – a UK games industry choir. The group will give its first performance at the GamesAid Christmas Concert, which takes place on Wednesday December 19th at St Stephen’s, Rosslyn Hill. Tickets cost 20 per adult and 10 for under 16s and are available …
Read More »21 speakers in final London Games Conference line-up
Twenty-one experts in digital games and marketing will take to the stage at next month’s London Games Conference. The November 21st event has packed well-known industry faces,up-and-coming online businesses and iconic names like Twitter, Xbox, Google and EA into its targeted conference. A full schedule for the event has now …
Read More »Kickstarter UK is go
Kickstarter, the most popular vehicle for crowdfunding games development projects, is now available in the UK. Whereas previously UK-based developers could only pledge, but not create projects, now they can seek funding on the platform. The move has be widely welcomed by UK studios of every size, who have until …
Read More »Phil Harrison will give first public address as Xbox exec at LGC
Phil Harrison will give his first public address as an Xbox exec at next month’s London Games Conference. He will give the opening keynote at the November 21st event. Harrison joins a roster that already includes Twitter, Google, Electronic Arts, Sega, Disney, Yogscast and other key experts on digital games …
Read More »VIDEO: The Assassin’s Creed 3 launch trailer
With a week left until its release, Ubisoft has gone live with the official launch trailer for Assassin’s Creed III. The video has already been running on UK TV channels but can also be viewed right here. Assassin’s Creed III will be released in the UK on Wednesday October 31st. …
Read More »EE reveals 4G pricing plans in the UK; Prices start at £36
The cost of being amongst the first UK consumers to get 4G coverage on their mobile phones has been revealed by Everything Everywhere. 4G will go live on EE’s network on October 30th and will be available to all T-Mobile and Orange customers with a 4G-ready handset, which includes the …
Read More »OPINION: Is the UK games market fighting fit or fighting fire?
Rationally, a decline in UK industry Christmas marketing spend makes sense at a time when there are fewer games coming out, and the ones remaining are getting most of the attention. Compare the year-on-year release schedules, however, and Q4 isn’t particularly quiet year-on-year. Ubi, EA and Activision have their favourites …
Read More »GAMES MEDIA AWARDS: Double win for Digital Spy
Digital Spy claimed two Games Media Awards last night. The entertainment website’s games reporting scored it Coverage by A Mainstream Website (award sponsored by Precise Media), while staff writer Matthew Reynolds won Rising Star. Digital Spy was the only media brand to take home two awards for its work. Other …
Read More »GAMES MEDIA AWARDS: The winners in full
The UK games press honoured its most talented writers at last night’s Games Media Awards. The hugely popular event returned to Vinopolis near London’s Borough Market last night, with more than 50 online and print publications and 30 journalists all competiting for the top prizes. Awards were collected before an …
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