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After more than 15 years and 762 issues of MCV, Stuart Dinsey departs the company he founded. The UK games industry pays tribute to an industry legend.. Rod Cousens, Codemasters His success was born out of his rawness and not accepting No. His success was born out of relationships and …
Read More »Two weeks to go until London Games Conference – Have you booked your tickets yet?
GAME, PlayStation, Twitch, Twitter, Google and more to speak at key industry event
Read More »OXM gets new name and new look ahead of Xbox One launch
The UK’s best-selling video game magazine will be relaunched in time for the arrival of Xbox One. Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine is being renamed Xbox: The Official Magazine and will receive its first redesign since 2005. It has a new logo and new features, while the magazine (which …
Read More »Change your business model to prevent piracy, say UK devs
TIGA survey reveals only ten per cent of studios believe stricter enforcement deters illegal downloads
Read More »Simon Maxwell becomes Gamer Network COO
There’s been a reshuffle at Eurogamer parent Gamer Network. Former group publishing director Simon Maxwell has become chief operating officer having been at the company for less than a year. David Lilley has become MD of Gamer Events while John Benyamine is now VP of US content, taking on responsibility …
Read More »Riot Games president Twitter hack exposes League of Legends expansion
Hacker leaks artwork and playing cards for unannounced project
Read More »GameSpot UK boss Geoff Inns joins IGN parent
Geoff Inns has left GameSpot parent CBS Interactive for IGN owners Ziff Davis. Inns joins the firm today as VP and MD for Ziff Davis International. He was previously VP and UK MD of CBS Interactive, the parent company of IGN rival GameSpot. He has also held roles at other …
Read More »GMA 2013: A-Z of the UK’s games media set for the big night
The biggest names in the UK games press will attend tomorrow’s Games Media Awards And if you want to mingle with the media, you need to act fast! Just a couple of trade tickets are left, priced at 150 each. Contact Kathryn.Humphrey@intentmedia.co.uk to find out more. Games press from all …
Read More »IGN India: Ziff Davis partners with Times Internet for Indian edition
Times Internet has partnered with Ziff Davis to launch IGN India, a localised edition of the popular games media brand. Times will also launch a localised edition of men’s lifestyle portal AskMen, also a Ziff Davis property. The US editions of IGN and AskMen already enjoy strong readership in India, …
Read More »UPDATED: Xbox One "brings marketers a huge trove of data about what’s going on in living rooms"
Xbox’s chief marketing and strategy officer this weekend told an audience of advertisers that the console could change the way they engage with consumers. AdvertisingAge reports that Xbox’s chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi told to the Association of National Advertisers Masters of Marketing Conference that the Xbox One …
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