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It wasn’t a great week for UK games retail, with the market shrinking by a third. 14m was generated from game sales overall which is almost 7m less than last week’s 20.9m With no new big releases hitting shelves for the week ending January 14th, the number of units sold …
Read More »40% of UK’s laid off studio staff ‘go overseas’
New Tiga report claims Britain's dev workforce has fallen 10% since 2008
Read More »One week left to enter £100,000 dev contest
Successful applicants to receive £25,000 each and a six month membership with Tiga
Read More »Yahoo co-founder resigns
Jerry Yang, one of the two entrepreneurs that created Yahoo, has resigned from the company’s board of directors. He co-founded the firm with David Filo in 1995 and has been on the board of directors since March of that year. He was Yahoo’s CEO from June 2007 to January 2009, …
Read More »Jagex and Tiga hit out at SOPA
RuneScape developer claims its online games could be 'hugely affected' by the bill
Read More »How to win an MCV AWARD
April marks the 10th Anniversary of the MCV Industry Excellence Awards, and we’ve a special night planned to celebrate the trade’s successes. This event is about the hard work done by the people in the industry. While 2012’s event may be a milestone for us, the real story is the …
Read More »Keith: "I’m thrilled to be back at Future"
Richard Keith returns to Future as publisher today. He replaces James Binns, who leaves after 18 years. Likewise, Keith is a veteran of games publishing, having spent more than 12 years running, editing or writing for games websites, magazines and events. He first joined Future in 1999, editing Official PlayStation …
Read More »11m downloads a day from Nokia Store
While Nokia has been struggling to do battle against the likes of Apple and Android devices in developed markets, it’s Symbian OS has continued a stronghold over emerging markets. The Finnish manufacturer has released a number of stats and trends. One of which shows that its Nokia Store is now …
Read More »Future relaunches Nintendo magazine
The first issue of Nintendo Gamer has arrived on shelves. The unofficial Nintendo magazine – formarly NGamer – is available in both print and on iPad. The cover price has been cut from 4.99 to 4.50. A new website, www.nintendo-gamer.net, will also go live in February, complemented by a strong …
Read More »Digital omission threatening chart legitimacy
As was reported yesterday, end of year trading figures show a gaping 100m hole in the UK games retail market for 2011. According to GfK Chart-Track data, UK games retailers sold 55.4m games during 2011, almost 12 per cent down year-on-year. In terms of revenue, UK retailers made 1.42bn from …
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