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An ‘Annual General Meeting’ doesn’t sound like the most exciting event on the industry calendar. But I tell you, as a fly on the wall observer, UKIE’s AGM last week was excellent. Ensconced in a private cinema at Warner Bros’ London HQ, UKIE’s presentation displayed genuine progression, new strategies, and …

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EA may be off to an explosive start with Battlefield 3 but now Activision is rolling out the big guns in retaliation. Next Tuesday (November 8th) marks the arrival of this year’s biggest game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Activision is mobilising its full marketing force to ensure …

The unification of trade bodies Tiga and UKIE would be approved by four times as many industry professionals as those who oppose, new data suggests. The results of a new survey, show that 58.1 per cent of industry respondents favour a merger of both groups, while only 14.9 per cent …

CEO Stevie Spring and finance director John Bowman have resigned from Future Publishing, the firm said this morning. In a statement, it confirmed that UK CEO Mark Wood, who was appointed just over a year ago, will replace Spring.UK finance director Graham Harding will now take on Bowman’s duties. "The …

IGN Entertainment UK has confirmed the appointment of Stuart Galbraith as head of games, MCV can reveal. Galbraith joins from Future where he was most recently working as associate publisher for games and entertainment. He was working on titles including Official Xbox Magazine, Xbox World and SFX. Previous to that …

Forget FIFA – Sports Interactive’s Miles Jacobson directs one of the most consistently excellent football videogame franchises: Football Manager. He tells MCV how his team keeps the series fresh every year… How has Football Manager changed over the years? The ethos behind the franchise hasn’t changed but we’ve realised as …

Boost to developers across Scotland if it breaks from England, trade body claims

Industry elite lines up for premier digital games event, have you booked your place yet?

Drawing on every gaming clich under the sun, the UK’s leading tabloid has this morning thrown yet another spectacular accusation at video games. This time the claim is that video games and Facebook can lead ‘lead to temporary dementia’. Neuroscientist Baroness Greenfield urged youngsters to turn off their computers, go …