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Read More »American televangelist says Pokemon ‘is origin of teen homosexuality’
Pastor Creflo Dollar, an American TV religious evangelist, has accused Pokemon of encouraging children to become gay. Dollar, according to Wikipedia, is the founder of Georgia’s non-denominational World Changers Church International. As spotted by GamePolitics, the finger was pointed at the Pokemon franchise in a report from French site Christian …
Read More »Interface: The countdown begins to new May 14th games industry event in London
There are just over three weeks to go until Interface, the brand new pitching and content event for the games business. Taking place on May 14that the Candid Arts Trust near Angel tube in central London, Interface is brought to you by the teams behind Develop and MCV. Starting today, …
Read More »Interface: The story so far
So, you’ve seen our stories and updates: Interface is coming on May 14th. We’ve got lots of businesses signed up, and will have influential speakers for workshops, great new games on show and publishers ready to sign new titles. But if you haven’t got a completely clear picture of what …
Read More »Gears of War cinematics director joins Black Tusk
Greg M. Mitchell follows popular franchise to new Microsoft studio
Read More »Minecraft continues to boss gaming on YouTube
Newzoo and Octoly’s monthly YouTube Game Franchises table sees Minecraft once again bossing the world of video games content on the video channel. Its 3.93bn views, however, represent a decline in the share of the overall video games audience. Having stood at 40 per cent in February it is this …
Read More »GamesAid Tenner raises £3,088 at MCV Awards 2015
Games industry charity GamesAid raised more than 3,000 at last week’s MCV Awards. Attendees of the event were invited to give via either envelope – of which there was one on each table – or by text, by texting GAID1010 to 70070 in order to donate 10. The total amount …
Read More »Nominations for Develop Awards close today
Hurry! You only have until 5pm UK time to send your submissions to developawards@nbmedia.com
Read More »Tencent was 2014’s top-grossing public global games company
More money was ploughed into games made by Tencent in 2014 than those made by any other publisher. VentureBeat reports that Newzoo data showed that in FY 2014 Tencent’s games attracted revenues of $7.2bn. That’s up on 2013’s $5.3bn, which was also enough to see it top the rankings. It …
Read More »Gamescom 2015 ups exhibition space by 10%
This year’s Gamescom will offer more room than ever for exhibitors. The event, which kicks off on August 5th in Cologne, has expanded to include Hall 5, adding an extra ten per cent (16,000 square metres) to its exhibition space. As a result the business area will be seven per …
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