Publishing

EA’s music boss has slammed the Grammy Awards for not giving games the recognition they deserve. He called on organisers The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) – to learn from BAFTA and show games ‘respect.’ I’ve been spearheading a campaign to get the Grammy Awards to recognise …

This January, MCV will provide a comprehensive guide to the job market in 2011, including our annual salary survey – and we’re asking readers to offer feedback. The survey is open to anyone in the games industry, whether you work in retail, publishing, games development, the games media, marketing & …

Announcement inbound, says Sega West vice president Alan Pritchard

Boxing star David Haye will feature in the next episode of EA’s online video games magazine PWNED_, which will hit the internet this Friday December 17th. PWNED_ is EA’s new monthly video magazine that offers exclusive news and insight into the publisher’s upcoming triple-A titles. The London-born WBA World Heavyweight …

With updates and upgrades already rolling out for Sony’s Gran Turismo 5, developer Polyphony Digital has said that it plans to upgrade a number of the title’s in-game cars. In total GT5 includes a little over 1,000 cars. However, only 200 or so of these are ‘Premium’ cars. These boast …

The three Square Enix CEOs reveal their strategy to build the first truly global game developer

Xbox-sponsored West London skatepark, BaySixty6, is at risk of closure as the local planning department feels the Skatepark does not serve needs of the local youths”. The skate park was previously sponsored by Sony and known as ‘PlayStation’, but was renamed when Microsoft took over the site’s sponsorship. A petition …

When MCV caught up with the UK top Xbox execs recently, they were in high spirits. A lot of that had to do with the fact their Xmas party was just hours away. The UK team were ready to toast another year of hard work. But there was another cause …

Ultimate Fighting Championship owner Zuffa LLC is taking Ubisoft to court over the marketing of Kinect game Fighters Uncaged. Zuffa claims a phrase on the back of the game’s box is confusingly similar to the use of UFC Marks, including the ‘Ultimate Fighting’ name and mark on Zuffa licensed video …

PC specialist Excalibur has hit out at leading publishers over their lack of support for retail in the digital marketplace. The firm – whose titles include Farming Simulator 2011, Bus Driver and Dive to the Titanic – believes publishers should work more closely with High Street retailers to develop new …