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You have just two days to getyour lobbying infor the 2014 MCV Awards. Just days remain to get in your suggestions for hotly-contested prizes like Specialist Retailer, Game Publisher, New Game Brand, Marketing Team and PR Team. Plus this year we have new prizes for Events Team, Digital Strategy, Publishing …

Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with The Trailerfarm. The Trailerfarm Sector: Creative & Promotional ServicesYear Established: 2011Address: The Trailerfarm, 3rd Floor, Queensbury House, 106 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XF, UKPhone number: 07791597802 Key contacts:Tony Porter – tony@thetrailerfarm.comDaniel Porter – dan@thetrailerfarm.com Website:www.thetrailerfarm.comEmail:info@thetrailerfarm.comTwitter:@thetrailerfarmFacebook:TheTrailerfarm At The …

OC&C Strategy Consultants’ Christmas 2013 league table has named GAME and the UK’s big High Street winner. The chain apparently boasted the largest growth of any UK retailer not only in-store but also online, Retail Week reports. While OC&C did note that the success story is more generally about the …

Candy Crush Saga maker King has tried to calm the furore surrounding its Saga trademarks dispute. The dust on its ‘Candy’ trademark tussle had not even settled this morning when it emerged that the company was opposing a trademark request from developer Stoic over its indie game The Banner Saga. …

March 6th 2013, and Square Enix’s UK team were in jubilant spirits. The Tomb Raider reboot had launched and was an instant critical and commercial smash hit. And that came on the back of a 2012 where the publisher released the UK’s best-selling new IP (Sleeping Dogs) and its latest …

Candy Crush Saga firm claims it had to oppose tactical RPG to prevent other games infringing copyright

Lionhead's Si Jaques and freelancer Calum Watt join ambitious tech firm

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Online indie SimplyGames.com says its 2013 sales were up 120 per cent over 2012. The firm tells MCV that it’s increased its market share by 55 per cent, while its customer database has risen 23 per cent. The company points at Xbox One, PS4 and 3DS as being the big …

Developers, publishers and retailers must make sure free-to-play games are appropriate for their audience, says Square Enix. Free games has endured a backlash from core fans who accuse them of ripping off gamers and being of poor quality. Different business models give us an option to make different games for …