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Read More »Trade bodies respond to UK games tax relief
UKIE and TIGA welcome first details of government scheme
Read More »Resident Evil 6 multiplayer DLC lands on Xbox 360 this month
New multiplayer DLC for Resident Evil 6 has been revealed by Capcom, with Xbox 360 grabbing exclusivity of the content for the time being. Three new multiplayer modes including ‘Predator’ (a one versus all affair), ‘Survivors’ (which adds to regular versus mode by turning killed players into zombies), and ‘Onslaught’ …
Read More »UK Chancellor to detail tax breaks this Wednesday
Games industry relief structure expected to be detailed Autumn Statement. What do you want?
Read More »Ouya dev kits on schedule to ship this month
Ouya will meet its first major post-Kickstarter deadline, with developer kits officially scheduled to start shipping before the end of the month. The team behind Ouya has announced kits for the Android-based console will begin shipping on December 28th. Ouya’s SDK should also be available online around the same time. …
Read More »How much are you worth?
Bored on a Friday afternoon? Spend a few minutes letting us know your thoughts about the 2013 jobs market. Yes, MCV’s annual salary survey is back – your chance to share both the pain and pleasure of working in the games industry. We also plan to revive the popular Jobs …
Read More »Gree apologises for its handling of OpenFeint scrappage
Gree has said it is sorry for its handling of the closure of OpenFeint and for putting developers in what it admitted was a tough situation. Speaking toPocketGamer, SVP of marketing and developer relations Eros Resmini said the firm had originally planned to give developers a full year to mirgrate …
Read More »How did 2K Games buck the 2012 slump?
2K is enjoying a golden period on the back of Borderlands 2, NBA 2K13 and XCom: Enemy Unknown. The publisher’s president Christoph Hartmann discusses its recent success, next year’s BioShock Infinite and the future of consoles… In a tough year for games, 2K?appears to have bucked the trend. What’s been …
Read More »Future reports annual profit climb
Publisher and media group Future has reported normalised operating profit of 6.9m for the year ending September 30th. That’s a 68 per cent year-on-year increase. Group revenues were down three per cent, although Future attributes that to the restructure of tis US business. Net debt comes in at a lower …
Read More »OPINION: COD’s numbers don’t matter, it’s COD culture that counts
Every conflicting statement about Black Ops II on the cover of this week’s MCV is true. Strip away the spin, pride or expectations and the numbers still make it clear. This was the best performing game of the year. Some quarters wondered – or hoped, even – that this might …
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