Media & PR

MCV publisher Intent Media is to launch a new games conference this autumn, following its recent swoop for a range of event and magazine assets. Intent has acquired all the brands owned by defunct B2B publisher Skep Media, including the Games 3.0 conference, which was launched during the London Games …

A new Government TV  ad that appears to link games and obesity has irked the UK industry – despite apparent good intentions. The commercial, for Government health initiative Change 4 Life, shows the ‘son’ in a family made of plasticine tapping away at a gamepad in front of a television …

Sharp decline in sterling boosts appeal of local studios

Do you have a pic of your sales director doing the dosey doe with Lara Croft? Was your store manager ever snapped burning his Carmageddon POS stuff? Perhaps your MD had his arms round a man dressed as Croc – with a face that said ‘this is definitely going to …

Over £125k secured from UK Trade & Investment

The MCV team would like to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year. We’d also like to thank you for all your support during 2008 as MCV and MCVuk.com goes from strength to strength, and maintains its position as the leading source of …

Preliminary results of U-Decide survey into 3D market show positive results

Nominations for gaming awards now welcome until December 19th

Studio to use and license 3D tech

Future Publishing has announced preliminary results for the year to September 30th – including a healthy year-on-year pre-tax profit rise of three per cent, or 300,000. Overall normalised revenues grew two per cent to 162.9 million, with normalised EBITAE up nine per cent to 14.9 million. The company’s net debt …