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It’s most likely that 2012’s top three best-selling games will be Call of Duty, FIFA and Assassin’s Creed. But not in that order, says Ubisoft. EMEA managing director Alain Corre has told MCV he hopes momentum behind Assassin’s Creed III will push it to the No.2 slot this year. The …
Read More »Hitman Sniper Challenge: Retail league now open
Time’s up for our media assassins – now it’s your turn, retailers. MCV and Square Enix is looking for the UK games industry’s deadliest assassin with our Hitman Sniper Challenge competition. The best performers each month will win a 16Gb Wi-Fi iPad 2 and a 10" Agent 47 statue. The …
Read More »UK chancellor lauds British video games excellence
'The Government is determined to make this country the technology centre of Europe'
Read More »Id Software shuts down mobile operations
Studio focusing development on Doom 4
Read More »Gree opening new London studio
Japanese mobile company to join Microsoft, Amazon and Konami in UK capital
Read More »UK chancellor Osborne toasts British video games excellence
George Osborne has hailed the UK’s video games legacy – and what that means for Britain’s potential as a technology hub. In official comments issued today supporting the new GREE studio in London, he said that "the Government is determined to makeBritainthe technology centre of Europe, with theLondon’sTechCityat its heart." …
Read More »GREE London games studio will boost firm’s Western content
The new Tech City games studio from GREE will be geared towards Western content and local social trends. In the official announcement about the new studio, which will be housed at the East End’s ‘Silicon Roundabout’ hub of digital games firms, UK GREE chief Ryotaro Shima said the plan was …
Read More »All-time low for UK games retail
UK games retailers made 8.4m from software sales last week, the lowest since records began. The market has been teetering at this level for a few weeks now as new releases dry up. 394,688 games were sold in total for the week, with Sega’s official Olympics game the No.1 seller. …
Read More »GREE goes to London: new studio in UK capital
UK chancellor George Osborne will later today announce that mobile games giant GREE will open a UK studio in London The news means the Japanese mobile giant will joint a long list of established studios in the UK capital, plus newcomers Amazon, Facebook, Konami, Xbox and YouTube – who all …
Read More »Rise of the Triad revival revealed
A Rise of the Triad reboot is in the works for PC, Apogee Software and Interceptor Entertainment have announced. A gameplay video shown at QuakeCon earlier today took the lid off the title, with a playable build of the title available at the event for attendees to check out. Like …
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