Retail

The Order: 1886 tops UK retail charts as Evolve falls to No.3

Sony’s PS4-exclusive cinematic shooter The Order: 1886 has debuted at the top of the UK retail charts, according to the latest Ukie Games Charts, compiled by GfK Chart-Track. The Order’s chart-topping success marks Sony’s first number one position since The Last of Us Remastered in August 2014. It’s also the …

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Project Cars delayed (slightly) for a second time

Bandai Namco’s racing simulator Project Cars has suffered its second release date delay. The game had been due out on March 20th but will now release in Europe on April 2nd. The release will be slightly more staggered in the US, where it will hit Steam on April 2nd and …

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Margin Makers: Guide to eSports accessories and merchandise

Like any competitor aiming to be the best, eSports players need the right equipment to stay on top of their game. MCV checks out the picks of the pros A few weeks ago, on BBC Radio 5 Live, former professional footballer Danny Mills argued that eSports could not be classified …

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Top 100 Women in Games: Fiona Stewart

Fiona ‘Fee’ Stewart started her art career in the 1980s, working in publishing before going on to study fine art painting and printing at Bradford. From there she went on tolearn how to make 3D models/art assetsand animation for games. In the years since, she has become responsible for product …

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Valve confirms latest Steam Machines will be showcased next month

Valve has confirmed it will on hand at GDC 2015 next month to show off its updated lineup of Steam Machine consoles. Valve made the news official today via a GDC notice issued to the press. The convention runs March 2-6 in San Francisco. The announcement follows last month’s statement …

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Top 100 Women in Games: Catherine Anderson

Anderson’s role on Green Man Gaming’s finance team combines two of her passions – games and numbers. It’s a love affair that began in her early years, as she split studying to be an account with working as a sales assistant in the video game store Future Zone on Saturdays. …

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Animin and InComm reach distribution deal

Animin has signed a distribution deal with leading gift-card distributors InComm Europe. The firm will distribute Animin gamecards across selected retailers over the coming year. The gamecards are integral to Animin’s gameplay, triggering the 3D animated Animin characters and minigames that come to life on a desktop. "Animin is an …

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Head video games buyer leaves Amazon

Amazon UK’s category leader for video games and software, Ketu Patel, has left the etailer. Patel said he will be working in a ‘different role in a different industry’. He worked for almost six years at Amazon, after joining in April 2009 as head of commercial finance (media) before becoming …

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Top 100 Women in Games: Daniele Thillmann

Thillmann’s career began outside of games, where she spent a substantial amount of time working in large multinational eCommerce and online gambling businesses, honing her skills and experience in fraud prevention and payments. With this as her foundation, Thillmann says it was a ‘natural fit’ to then move into the …

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Top 100 Women in Games: Ann Hurley

Hurley joined the games industry in November of 1986 as the telesales manager for distributor Centresoft. She worked within the Centregold group – including ISM and USGold – for several years before moving north to join Ocean Software as sales director. Having worked in distribution, publishing (at Gremlin and Infogrammes) …

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