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Disney’s big Q4 release of the year Disney Universe will hit UK shelves on October 28th, MCV can reveal. The title is scheduled to arrive on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and PC. It lets players wear over 40 in-game suits based on popular Disney and Pixar characters such as Nemo …
Read More »Going freelance? Here’s some tips for success
As studio models are evolving so are the options available to individuals employed in game development
Read More »OPINION: No Stopping Them
How’s this for a success story? GameStop has gracefully and legitimately worked itself into the UK games trade. And that’s by closing physical stores – not opening GAME rivals or buying up Grainger as the nose-tappers would have you believe – and establishing a compelling and credible .co.uk. Publishers, distributors …
Read More »Khiet Chu joins SEGA Australia
SEGA Australia has welcomed a new junior product manager, Khiet Chu, to the marketing team in its Sydney office this week. Chu has three years experience in the promotional marketing industry, and comes to SEGA from his previous role as a production coordinator at Corporate Express Ltd. His educational background …
Read More »Jarratt first to jump from Future Publishing
Steve Jarratt will leave Future Publishing next month, MCV understands. He is the first big name to leave the firm after it said the UK operation will be downsized by 10 per cent. Jarratt will depart at the end of the consultation period, which Future hopes to have wrapped up …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Simon Fox, HMV
HMV is dead, right? That’s what some publishers and the Daily Mail think. So imagine Christopher Dring’s surprise when speaking to the firm’s very much alive CEO Simon Fox. Last week MCV was in a presentation where HMV was talked about in the past tense, and some press think you’ve …
Read More »HMV: ‘Games industry needs to support us’
Record companies and movie studios rallied around HMV earlier this year. Now it is time for the games industry to step up. Speaking to MCV, HMV CEO Simon Fox has issued a call to publishers for better support following its traumatic start to the year. The retailer is now back …
Read More »UK High Street definitely ‘off the plan’ for GameStop
GameStop has told MCV that DOES have designs on a big slice of the UK games market. But the retailer says it will get it through its new UK website NOT a bricks and mortar assault. As we reported last week, the chain has put paid to years of speculation …
Read More »Dare Blogs – Fatdog Games
Dare to be Digital 2011 team Fatdog Games talks exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title The Tale of Yog.
Read More »Iwata on that 3DS price crash
Last week Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had to handle some tough questions from investors following the firm’s decision to slash the price of 3DS by a third. The transcript of this Q/A can be found on Nintendo’s investor site, and has been reprinted here. Content-based companies like Google and Amazon …
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