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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 …
Read More »Former Monolith vets form Blackpowder Games, announce Betrayer
A handful of developers behind the original F.E.A.R. and its sequel have reunited to form Blackpowder Games. Studio founders include Craig Hubbard (creative director and lead designer, F.E.A.R.), David Longo (art director, F.E.A.R.), Brad Pendleton (lead software engineer, F.E.A.R.), Charles Wes Saulsberry III (art lead, F.E.A.R.), and Larry Paolicelli (art, …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: July 28 – August 3
Civ V’s Brave New World expansion took first on Steam’s top ten products chart this week, with pre-orders for a pair of late August releases making the list as well. Pre-orders for Saints Row 4 and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified had the upcoming titles finishing eighth and tenth, respectively. Skyrim: …
Read More »The Train Man: Rail Simulator’s Paul Jackson
Paul Jackson is a known name in the UK video games industry. He set up the British office of EA. He helped launch FIFA and The Sims into the word. He worked at industry trade body ELSPA for 12 years. He has an OBE for his services to the games …
Read More »It’s Gamescom month: Here’s what to expect from the world’s biggest games event
E3 might be the most high-profile gaming expo of the year, but Gamescom’s significance cannot be downplayed. It is, after all, the biggest games event in the world (last year, it drew 275,000 visitors), and with the ever-growing European games market, it’s an important event for game companies. Unlike E3, …
Read More »SOURCEBOOK: Side & Sidelines profile
Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with Side & Sidelines. Side & Sidelines Sector:Creative & Promotional ServiceYear Established:1997Number of employees: 15Address:Great Titchfield House, 14 – 18 Gt Titchfield Street, London, W1W 8BDPhone:020 7631 4800 Key contacts:Andy Emery, Managing Director – andy.e@side.comSini Downing, Sidelines Agency …
Read More »Clustered we stand, divided we fall
Tiga's Richard Wilson on how promoting game clusters can provide a boost to promising start-ups
Read More »The biggest names in UK games development revealed
A comprehensive guide to the top 100 developers in the UK is available to view right now. The Develop 100 UK Studio Hot List features profiles of each of the 100 game developers, as voted for based on their critical and commercial success, heritage and potential. The guide also comes …
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