Media & PR

Popular Facebook group to help lobbying efforts

The mid-year report from leading reviews aggregation site Metacritic suggests that while sales might be suffering year-on-year gamers have so far in 2010 enjoyed better quality games that were on offer the year before. So far this year seven titles have achieved review score averages of 90 per cent or …

UK games industry group takes top prize at Trade Association Forum event

The Irish arm of telcoms operator O2 has begun censoring websites in the region, with image sharing site Imgur seemingly the first portal identified for blockage. Talk has been rumbling of behind-the-scenes government negotiations regarding the introduction of an official state policy that would see websites accused of hosting malicious …

Industry trade body voices concerns about the future of in-country development after tax break U-turn

UK industry charity to host third annual competition at Develop Conference 2010

Think the PC is on the wane as a games platform? Think again. According to new data released by ELSPA and ISFE this morning, the PC is the most popular ‘console’ in the UK for games, and is used by 33 per cent of players. That’s according to a new …

Preparations set for the key European trade and consumer show

The Mustard Corporation on board as it begins to develop its own games

Most publishers are still pondering exactly how they intend to tap into the Facebook market – well they had better get a move on, because if founder Mark Zuckerberg is to believed the market reach of the social network is on track to achieve some startling results. The Guardian reports …