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Shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has recommended that industry trade bodies TIGA and ELSPA merge – to form ‘The Video Games Association’. Both organisations have met together with Government in recent months as part of video games roundtables, discussing issues that affect both publishers and developers. These subjects have included …
Read More »MP calls for single trade body
Ed Vaizey recommends ELSPA and TIGA merge to become â??The Video Game Associationâ??
Read More »TV station looking for master Flash developer
E4 searching for promising young flash designer, Tiga welcomes initiative
Read More »Cutlack on Shinys demise
Speaking exclusively to MCV, popular games journalist Gary Cutlack has expressed his sadness at the demise of UK blog publisher Shiny Media. ”The death of Shiny makes me sad rather than angry,” he said in a blog piece written for MCV. ”Never once did Shiny sell a ‘proper’ advert on …
Read More »Video games to save MySpace
News Corp is to strengthen the video gaming offering on MySpace, in a hope to close the gap on Facebook, which currently courts more users. As reported by Reuters, speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm: TECH conference in Pasadena, California, News Corp digital head Jonathan Miller has been discussing the importance …
Read More »Wagner contests Shiny claims
It has emerged that Dan Wagner, the man behind Shiny Media investor Brightstation Ventures, is the ‘minority shareholder’ stalling the current salvage plans of the troubled internet publisher. Brightstation owns 50 per cent of Shiny Media following its 2007 investment of 2.7m – though Shiny co-founder Chris Price has since …
Read More »Government forms games committee
The Government is to create an all-new ‘video games committee’ – in which cross-departmental representatives will be tasked with considering changes in policy to help the industry. The decision was a result of ELSPA’s first formal meeting with new Minister for Creative Industries Sin Simon last week. ELSPA director general …
Read More »Namco Bandai eyes Euro domination
Japanese giant Namco Bandai has its eye on a top five market share position in Europe, following the completion of its buyout of Atar’s PAL distribution business. The new company is tasked with growing Namco’s established franchises, including Tales of Symphonia, Tekken and Katamari, in Europe, and wants to be amongst …
Read More »Develop Conference 2010 dated
Brightonâ??s leading games industry conference set for July 2010
Read More »Chancellor Darling faces game industry
Blitz Games CEO Philip Oliver meets with the man in charge of the UK economy
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