Media & PR

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 …

In a sector that is becoming more generic, where most newcomers can be described as World of Warcraft with…guns/lightsabers/robots (delete as appropriate)”, everyone is searching for a way to topple the market leader. Trion Worlds’ solution is to step away from what makes current MMO behemoths so popular, enticing gamers …

The problem with interviewing a games firm about its new MMO is the inevitable question you must ask.So, when MCV met doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, the founders of BioWare, we asked it first, to get it out of the way. Not at all, no,” says Muzyka. We’re really …

Fellow Tiga members can license Marmalade's tech at reduced price

Here’s a little something for your Monday morning To Do lists: nominate someone you think is worthy of being honored as one of the games industry’s brightest young stars. Every year, the hugely popular MCV 30 Under 30 highlights the achievements and exertions of the industry’s younger execs working across …

British studios upbeat about future business

Media firm The Games Tribe has formed partnerships with almost 100 independent websites in its first year. The editorial start-up formed by ex-Future publisher Richard Keith has 60 ‘Partner’ sites, which it supports with marketing and editorial. Deals are in place with 30 for ad placements. But this is just …