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It’s often strange how life imitates art. For example, Irish indie developer BillyGoat Entertainment’s latest game, adventure title Her Majesty’s SPIFFING, tells the story of a Britain increasingly isolated from the rest of the world… actually, developer Will Barr can probably do a better job of explaining the game. The …
Read More »Green Man Gaming offers up three games for £1 to Golden Joysticks voters
Retailer Green Man Gaming is offering up three PC games for 1 as part of a promotion with this year’s Golden Joystick Awards. By voting on this year’s awards event – which takes place on November 18th – players can claim Specs Ops: The Line, Sid Meier’s Pirates and a …
Read More »Grabr boss Tony Pearce discusses the challenges facing brands in the social media space today
Two years ago Facebook began to throttle back the organic reach of brand page posts, compelling marketers to invest in paid ad campaigns in order to reach the audiences they had so carefully curated up until that point. But look, that’s absolutely fine. Facebook has invested millions of dollars in …
Read More »UKIE and Nesta launch the UK Games Industry Map
Trade body UKIE and data firm NESTA has launched its interactive map of the UK games industry. The UK Games Map is online to view and use right now and features a breakdown of all the companies working in the industry around the country, including games developers, publishers, service companies …
Read More »Bethesda’s Hines on Dishonored 2, Prey and the publisher’s massive growth
We thought the games industry had moved past the sort of opulent, decadent E3 events like the one Bethesda put on this year. The publisher – one year on from its 2015 press conference held in the same venue as the Oscars – threw a massive event in Los Angeles …
Read More »BioShock: The Collection tops UK chart, PES 2017 debuts at No.2
2K Games had a big week at UK physical retail last week with two brand new titles in the Top 10. BioShock: The Collection – a compilation of the original three BioShock games for PS4 and Xbox One – debuted at No.1 in the UK charts. Meanwhile the publisher’s basketball …
Read More »Twitch Plays Chess beats a Grandmaster
And you thought Twitch Plays beating Dark Souls was impressive? As part of the promotional drive for Pure Chess, the hive mind of Twitch was pitted against British grandmaster Simon Williams, Rock Paper Shotgun reports. No contest, you’d think? Well, Williams won the first two games, the second of which …
Read More »GamesAid raises £954,000 for ten UK charities
UK games industry charity GamesAid has managed to raise a massive 954,000 in the last year, smashing its previous funding record. Last night (Thursday, September 15th), the organisation handed out cheques of 95,400 to ten different UK organisations – more than GamesAid has ever before. Those receiving donations from GamesAid …
Read More »Wired Productions’ Leo Zullo on We Sing and trying to find the next indie hit
After a six-year break, Wired is bringing back the We Sing karoake game brand. The firm has teamed up with publisher Nordic Games and developer Le Cortex to form a brand new company, the aptly titled We Sing Productions, entirely focused on this venture. Sometimes a break from an IP …
Read More »European boss Jurgen Post on Sega’s return
Stormrise, Viking: Battle of Asgard, Condemned, Planet 51, The Golden Compass, Iron Man, Let’s Tap, The Incredible Hulk… There was a period in Sega’s recent history where it released a seemingly endless number of (often not very good) games. Financially, the strategy worked for a while, specifically during the Wii …
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