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The third MCV Gamescom daily magazine is available toread right now. It features more news from the show, covering the opening of the consumer days at Koelnmesse, Minecraft, PS4, the winner of UKIE’s game of the show, plus an interview with Deep Silver’s Menno Van der Bill on today’s release …
Read More »"Experimental" Ouya ad takes aim at traditional gaming
An ad that was posted on Ouya’s official YouTube channel has certainly succeeded in catching the attention. Called ‘Sixty Bucks For A Game’, the 30-second short has since been pulled from Ouya’s channel but can be seen below via a mirror. It sees a gamer react negatively to a session …
Read More »PS4 to launch in Europe on November 29th
Sony's next-gen console to land in North America on November 15th
Read More »Iosono reveals new audio tech Proximity
Crytek harnessing beta implementation of sound tech in Crysis 3
Read More »Indie Games Collective to host ‘How To Sessions’
September 6th debut for free-to-attend workshops for games makers
Read More »WildStar’s business model explained – Everything you need to know
Most MMOs fall into one of two camps: subscriptions or free-to-play. But NCsoft’s upcoming WildStar is attempting something a little different. The game comes with 30 days of game time. After that, players will have the option of paying for a monthly subscription or purchasing game time to top up. …
Read More »SOURCEBOOK: Testronic Labs profile
Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with Testronic Labs. Testronic Laboratories Sector:Localisation, QA and TestingYear Established:1998Number of employees: 400+Address:Lyon House, 160-166 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1LBPhone:020 7042 1700 Key contacts:Becky Walker, Director of Games Business Development – becky.walker@testroniclabs.comCharles Goodall, Business Development Executive – …
Read More »Ubisoft vet Rumley launches new PR agency
Games industry PR veteran Lidia Rumley has launched her own agency: Light Switch PR. Best known for leading Ubisoft’s comms team for almost 11 years, Rumley has also held senior PR roles at EA, Interplay and Eidos. I’ve been lucky enough to spend almost two decades looking after the PR …
Read More »Gaming content deal for UK’s XFM radio station
UK radio station XFM has signed a deal to bring regular video games content to both its broadcasts and its website. Gamer Network will provide content to the station with Mike Channell featuring fortnightly on Jo Good’s XFM show to discuss gaming news. He will also produce video content for …
Read More »Don Bradman Cricket 14: Big Ant’s cricket game gets legendary
Big Ant Studios has been teasing the cover star for its cricket game for a while, and it doesn’t get much bigger than Sir Don Bradman, who is considered to be the greatest cricket player of all time. The Melbourne studio has finally revealed the cover art and the official …
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