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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 …
Read More »Q4 games advertising revenue drops 40% this Christmas
The age of excess is clearly over. UK games firms are spending 99m on advertising this Christmas, MCV can reveal. That’s a drop of 40 per cent year-on-year. The figures are based on a survey of the biggest companies in the UK games industry. In comparison, publishers, retailers and developers …
Read More »‘Hitman is something to fear this Christmas’, warns Square
All eyes may be on Call of Duty, but Square Enix says it’s Hitman that will be the ‘last big game of the year’. The publisher has warned rivals not to underestimate the return of Agent 47 on November 20th – and has triggered a massive campaign to show how …
Read More »Not long now! Games Media Awards return tomorrow
Iron that checkered shirt. Make sure you get an early night. Fortify your liver. The 2012 Games Media Awards are almost upon us. The biggest names in the UK games press – don’t believe us? click here to see who’s going – will be heading to London tomorrow for the …
Read More »PES Warriors tournament offers PS3 as grand prize
The PES Warriors tournament takes place in Mumbai this week, where the best PES 2013 players will duke it out for a chance to win a PS3. Hosted by distributor Origin Games, the tournament will take place on 18th and 19th October, with on-site registration and practice sessions taking place …
Read More »GMA 2012: A-Z of the UK’s games media set for the big night
The biggest names in the UK games press will attend next week’s Games Media Awards And if you want to mingle with the media, you need to act fast! Just a handful of trade tickets are left, priced at 150 each. Contact Kathryn.Humphrey@intentmedia.co.uk to find out more. Games press from …
Read More »Resident Evil 6 tops Japanese charts
The PS3 version of resident Evil 6 has debuted at the top of the Japanese charts. The SKU sold an impressive 635k units in its first week, eclipsing everything else in the listings. The Xbox 360 version claimed fifth place with unit sales of 42k. There was also a strong …
Read More »Kickstarter UK launches this month
A launch date for Kickstarter UK has been set. The service expands into the new region on October 31st, and users are allowed to start building their projects right now – though none can go live until the end of the month. Kickstarter has provided a solid FAQ post on …
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