Media & PR

Irata Labs acquired as Murdochâ??s business warms to games

So-called brain training games have zero positive benefits on the intelligence of players, according to new research. A study by BBC Labs UK, tested 12,000 viewers of the TV show Bang Goes the Theory to practice a series of online tasks for ten minutes a day over a period of …

You can now read the digital edition of this week’s MCV magazine – simply point your browser here. You have the option of flicking through the pages of the magazine online, or downloading the PDF. Our digital edition means MCV is now be read by more people than ever before, …

Charles Cecil and Gareth Edmondson set for cross-media panel talk

Though it will no doubt be tough to put the just-announced General Election out of their minds, MPs will gather later today to discuss the controversial Digital Economy Bill – and critics of the Bill have urged Parliament to ensure that all sides of the debate are given a fair …

Two former bosses at fallen studio Free Radical have been given a 50,000 to develop a Facebook game. David Doak and Steve Ellis have both received the generous grant from a regional investment body, and will develop the Facebook title GangstaPets at their new microstudio, ZinkyZonk. Develop has the full …

Final list of speakers and keynotes to be announced shortly

Backbench MP Keith Vaz – better known within the industry for his frequent outbursts on violent games – has changed, says leading politicians. The revelation came during ELSPA’s Question Time on Monday night. Labour’s Tom Watson, Conservatives’ Ed Vaizey and Lib Dem’s Don Foster were asked about the attitude of …

Intelâ??s Christopher Croteau to talk at self-publishing event

Today is the day three main political parties head to BAFTA’s London HQ to discuss the game industry’s most pressing issues. Hosted by ELSPA, the Videogames Industry Pre Election Question Time 2010 will host a panel of three key MPs: Labour’s Tom Watson, Conservatives’ Ed Vaizey and Lib Dem’s Don …