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This year’s MCV Awards saw the introduction of three brand new company prizes – and three inaugural victors to match. The Agency Team trophy honoured the best external PR efforts of the last 12 months, with Indigo Pearl’s (pictured) big year winning over projects from the likes of EA, Oculus …
Read More »Ubisoft to publish physical PC version of Homeworld Remastered
Following its digital release on PC in February, Gearbox’s Homeworld Remastered is getting a physical release next month. While self-published on digital, Ubisoft has stepped up to provide digital publishing duties for the game, which will be available exclusively from GAME from May 8th. The retail version includes remasters of …
Read More »Channel 4 gets into third-party publishing
All 4 Games brand support small studios with development, marketing and promotion
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: PlayStation UK marketing team wins two
Having dominated last year’s MCV Awards, 2015’s industry celebration saw PlayStation UK’s marketing team triumph once again. The platform holder claimed victory in this year’s Marketing Team and Trade Marketing Team categories, taking home the prizes for both. The former award was handed out by IGN’s Dan Kilby (pictured, right), …
Read More »Jobs at risk at Square Enix London as staff are placed on consultation
Square Enix is expected to announce a number of redundancies from its UK office. The firm is attempting to improve its Western performance, and has told MCV that an undisclosed number of staff in the UK have been placed on consultation. MCV understands multiple PR and sales employees are amongst …
Read More »InnoGames’ Dusseldorf studio now open
Online games firm hopes to expand new team to 50 developers
Read More »Rock Band 4 will work with old Guitar Hero hardware, Harmonix says
Upcoming music title Rock Band 4 won’t just work with old Rock Band hardware – it’ll also work with any Guitar Hero gamers may have. That’s according to Harmonix’s Daniel Sussman who told Business Insider: "We’re planning to support everything that we can: That includes all of the old Rock …
Read More »Nintendo names PrettyGreen as its new UK PR agency
Brand communications agency PrettyGreen is the new retained PR agency of Nintendo UK. The company will be in charge of integrated campaign support and Nintendo’s press office. The first title it will be involved with is May’s Wii U shooter Splatoon. Its other clients include Nando’s, Virgin media and John …
Read More »UK studio Bossa announces Apple Watch game Spy Watch
A second title dedicated to the upcoming Apple Watch has been unveiled, this time by UK studio Bossa. It’s called Spy Watch and it’s due out alongside the hardware, which is due for release on April 24th. The developer says it features a rich and immersive story” where players head …
Read More »PS4, Battlefield: Hardline top US retail in March
NPD’s March 2015 report shows PlayStation 4 on top in a down period for hardware at US retail, while Battlefield: Hardline and Bloodborne duked it out for the top spot in a flourishing software category. While Sony declared victory over Microsoft and Nintendo in hardware, the category was down 21 …
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