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Over 50 different companies are sending delegates to next week’s Games Retail 2020, MCV’s brand new event dedicated to the future of selling games. The full list of represented companies in the room on Tuesday, September 16th’s day long conference can be found below. Games Retail 2020 delves into a …
Read More »Tell us what you think of MCVUK.com and win a £200 Amazon voucher
Want to improve the MCV website? Fancy winning 200 of Amazon vouchers? Then quite frankly this is the survey for you. We are looking at improving how we serve MCV readers and we’re eager for your feedback. The questions (through here) will help decide the future direction of your favourite …
Read More »Games Funding Forum launches next month
New event from F2P Summit organisers explores funding options for games devs
Read More »More development experts join Develop Live roster
Cyberpsychologist Berni Good, GCU's Romana Ramzan, Preloaded's Katie Goode and Microsoft among latest wave of speakers
Read More »What will games retail look like in five years time?
Research specialists Juniper Research will reveal the future of buying and selling video games at next week’s Games Retail 2020. The firm’s Eva Hunyadi will look at the expected performance of console and PC games by 2019, the possibility of new consoles and that impact on the retail landscape. Games …
Read More »OPM Response backing Develop Live
Recruitment specialist signs on as event partner for next month's conference in Edinburgh
Read More »ESPN president: ‘eSports is not a sport’
One of the most powerful figures in sports broadcasting has questioned the rising legitimacy of eSports. Re/code reports that ESPN president John Skipper has said that eSports is not a sport”, adding: It’s a competition. Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I’m interested in doing real sports.” …
Read More »PC-only Sims 4 tops UK charts
The latest iteration of EA’s The Sims series is No.1 in the GfK Chart-Track All Formats charts this week. This is a pretty remarkable feat given that the game is only available on PC – and these charts don’t take into account digital sales, either. So it’s fair to say …
Read More »Games Retail 2020 – The full schedule
We can finally reveal our full schedule for the upcoming Games Retail 2020. The September 16th event will look at the future of games retailing and takes place at BAFTA in Central London. You can book your tickets here. The event will include exclusive market data from GfK Chart-Track, Juniper …
Read More »Shelf Life: The Game Place
The Game Place’s Steven Osborne on why his store’s website is important to the business – despite few people using it – and what he thinks about offering digital game codes in store. How has business been for you recently? There have been some very flat days and very loud …
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