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This year, our salary survey shows a slight increase in the average UK games industry yearly wage. AVERAGE UK GAMES INDUSTRY YEARLY SALARY: 30,653 Last year, we reported the average salary was 29,358. This year’s figure of 30,653 is broadly in line with the average UK games industry salary for …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One help Argos smash festive records
Catalogue retailer Argos posted its best Christmas results in a decade with the help of video games. The retailer called out gaming – in particular Xbox One and PS4 – for helping it increase like-for-like sales by 3.6 per cent. Sales of tablets and white goods also improved significantly. The …
Read More »Retailers unfazed by empty release schedule
UK game stores have played down concerns over a quiet start to 2014. The first six weeks of 2014 is notable for a significant lack of titles, prompting worries that the good momentum from the end of last year could slow. However, buyers at top UK stores have told MCV …
Read More »Amazon to launch console this year – report
A games-focused under-the-TV entertainment system will be launched by Amazon in 2014, a new report has claimed. VG247 claims to have word from multiple sources” that a $300 machine will be launched this year that offers the streaming and download of games, music, movies and TV content”. It will run …
Read More »GAME ups entertainment market share
Retailer GAME increased its share of the UK entertainment market by 2.3 per cent year-on-year for the 12 weeks ending December 22nd. Kantar Worldpanel numbers claim that Amazon was the only retailer to see more growth in the sector, increasing its share by 5.9 per cent. It says that GAME …
Read More »The LEGO Movie Videogame priced Rs 2,499 on PS4, Rs 499 on PC
E-xpress Interactive today revealed the Indian price and release date for The LEGO Movie Videogame. The game is based on the upcoming LEGO Movie and features over 90 characters, including many of which have graced TT Games’ LEGO games before. The LEGO Movie Videogame will release in India on 7th …
Read More »GAME teases PC on-demand service
Sony might not be the only firm planning to introduce its own cloud gaming service. In the wake of Sony’s PlayStation Now announcement, GAME has hinted that it could move into the game streaming market, before telling MCV that it hopes to be involved with PlayStation Now. I’m not going …
Read More »Alienware to release new Steam Machines every year and they can’t be upgraded
If you thought buying a Steam Machine would take away the hassles of PC upgrades and quickly outdated hardware, Alienware has some news for you. One of the 14 manufacturers revealed by Valve at CES 2014 to be working on Steam Machines, Alienware has told Trusted Reviews that it plans …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Marcin Iwinski, co-founder, CD Projekt
Marcin Iwinski’s love for games and his passion for the work his company does are infectious. Having started out as a publisher and distributor in Poland, CD Projekt announced itself on the world stage with The Witcher series of role-playing games, and then with its ever-popular, DRM-free digital distribution service, …
Read More »Xbox One outsold PS4 in the US in December
Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox One outsold the PS4 in the US in December. It’s the first sign that its next-gen machine could yet recover its market-leading position in the US market and offer a serious challenge to PS4, which has outpaced Microsoft’s console in all other key territories since …
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