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Dr Tanya Byron and Prime Minister Gordon Brown were live on the GMTV sofa this morning to outline the new proposals for video games age ratings – with the interview by presenter Fiona Phillips explaining the situation to what has traditionally been a largely female audience. Bryon began by pointing …
Read More »BYRON REVIEW: Government to act immediately
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Andy Burnham have backed the suggestions in the Byron review – and have pledged to ‘act immediately on taking forward her proposals.’ I am grateful to Dr Byron for carrying out …
Read More »Tiga agrees that Government has disappointed the games industry
Adds that yesterday's Budget will worry studios further thanks to 'increase in overall tax burden'
Read More »Ingham becomes MCVUK.com Editor
Tim Ingham, erstwhile deputy editor of print publication MCV, has been promoted to editor of the magazine’s online portal here at www.MCVUK.com. Ingham will hand the magazine’s deputy editor position over to Jonathon Harker, who joins MCV from his position as editor on Gem’s Future-In-Store magazine. MCV’s reputation for video …
Read More »ELSPA ‘disappointed’ Budget lacks games tax break
Association representing publishers says Government has 'missed an opportunity' to introduce production tax credit
Read More »Zucker: Europe provides up to 50% of our revenues
Midway CEO David Zucker has revealed that the percentage of the company’s revenue derived from Europe has reached almost 50 per cent on some of its biggest titles. Talking in Midway’s Q4 earning call, Zucker said that the publisher’s decision to ‘go direct’ in the region had seen the figure …
Read More »Tiga demands games tax break in next week’s Budget
First public comment from new CEO Richard Wilson is a warning to UK Government
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Hilary Clinton’s barnstorming comeback in last night’s US Democratic Primary elections just go to show that people will never give up on a job they feel should be theirs. Gladly, if you’re looking for your dream role in the games industry, no-one’s asking you to campaign around the country to …
Read More »Its official: games revenues overtake music at retail
Statistics from trade body the Entertainment Retailers’ Association suggest that while gaming is the star performer, music sales on the High Street have been seriously undermined by downloads – and that DVD prices are falling all the time. As forecast by MCV last year, ERA’s figures show that games software …
Read More »Endemol offers online games
Endemol is getting into the video game business, focusing on casual, web-based games. The production company’s first titles will be based on game shows Deal or No Deal and 1 vs 100. Endemol has appointed Eric LaVanchy as Endemol’s director of gaming and will report to senior VP digital media …
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