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We speak to GAME Southampton sales assistant Tom Dent about the importance of knowing the titles you’re selling, making the effort for midnight launches and the effect Mario Kart can have on team bonding. Tell us about your store team. Our team currently consists of 14 passionate gamers. Although we …
Read More »British author Christopher Brookmyre leads first wave of Develop Live speakers
Crime writer one of a dozen experts confirmed for October 2nd conference
Read More »Zynga wins Tiger Woods and Looney Tunes licences
FarmVille firm continues to redefine its business with licensed games
Read More »Twitch CEO responds to audio copyright criticism: ‘We screwed up’
The CEO of Twitch has given more details on the site’s recent overhaul of its audio copyright laws. Answering questions in a Reddit AmA, Emmett Shear responded to queries surrounding the introduction of technology that will scan streamed videos for copyrighted audio and mute flagged videos for half an hour. …
Read More »The Last of Us movie: ‘some parts will be quite different to the game’
The writer of the movie adaptation of The Last of Us has told MCV that the film has required dramatic rewrites of some of the game’s storyline. In two hours you can’t tell the same kind of story that you can in a game like The Last of Us, which …
Read More »INTERVIEW: The future of Gamescom
Gamescom has firmly established itself as a major date in the games industry calendar. And not just for the console giants, but eSports firms, mobile specialists and online games giants, too. We speak to Dr. Maximilian Schenk, MD of Gamescom co-organiser BIU, to discuss the future of the world’s biggest …
Read More »How the EU 2015 VAT changes affect you
New VAT laws next year will have a major impact on online games businesses. Ahead of a conference on the situation, Robert Hammerl and Matthias Luther of VAT specialist KMLZ explains what the changes mean for the UK At this year’s Gamescom congress, BIU – the German Entertainment Software Association, …
Read More »UK retail resilient in face of summer drought
How To Train Your Dragon 2 was the only new game to make the UK Chart-Track Retail Top 50 last month. As a result, the best-selling games of July were Watch Dogs at No.1 (released in May), Sniper Elite III at No.2 (released in June) and FIFA 14 at No.3 …
Read More »Disney Interactive sees rise in quarterly revenue
Disney Interactive has announced its financial results for Q3 2014, revealing a significant increase in revenue thanks to Disney Infinity sales. Revenue for Disney’s gaming division was up 45 per cent compared to the same period last year, swelling to $266m. Operating income has also recovered from a $58m loss …
Read More »Nexon partners with Valve for Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies
Nexon has announced a new deal with Valve to produce Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies, a free-to-play spinoff of the series featuring various undead enemies. Eurogamer reports the game will offer a standard campaign against the zombie horde, as well as modes including Bomb Diffusion and Hostage Rescue. Valve and Nexon had …
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