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PlayStation group buys out Xperia Play manufacturer

Future Publishing took home just one Games Media Award last night – but it was one of the most coveted. Its long-running high-end multiformat mag Edge was named best Games Magazine at a central London celebration of the games media. The Bath-based magazine has in fact won the prize a …

Colin Campbell was named Games Media Legend at last night’s Games Media Awards. An epic preamble from other Games Media Legend Patrick Garratt heralded Campbell’s appearance on stage – and rightly so: Campbell was Garratt’s first boss. Campbell’s career began 25 years ago as a staff writer on CTW, before …

IGN, Edge, Eurogamer, The Guardian and Shortlist were amongst the key winners at this year’s Games Media Awards. Taking place at Vinopolis near Borough Market last night, the event saw some 17 print publications, 20 websites, podcasts and blogs, plus 26 individual writers, compete for the top honours. 300 media …

CEO Stevie Spring and finance director John Bowman have resigned from Future Publishing, the firm said this morning. In a statement, it confirmed that UK CEO Mark Wood, who was appointed just over a year ago, will replace Spring.UK finance director Graham Harding will now take on Bowman’s duties. "The …

Assassin’s Creed won’t be forgotten in a busy Q4. Despite a very public battle between next month’s Modern Warfare 3 and today’s release Battlefield 3, Ubisoft’s has lined up an ad blitz to ensure its franchise cuts above the noise. And the centrepiece of the campaign is an extensive TV …

David Braben on why the small device can change the fortunes of the industry

Nintendo has opened its own shop at the heart of the UK’s busiest High Street. The Nintendo shop at John Lewis Oxford Street is part of the retailer’s 4m revamp of its Children’s department. It opened this week, stocking games and hardware for DS, Wii and 3DS, with Gem handling …

Warner Bros has teamed up with Harrods to create a special Harry Potter store, coinciding nicely with the launch of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. The temporary concession opened earlier this week and will remain until the end of January 2012.It will sell a wide variety of Harry Potter products, …

IGN Entertainment UK has confirmed the appointment of Stuart Galbraith as head of games, MCV can reveal. Galbraith joins from Future where he was most recently working as associate publisher for games and entertainment. He was working on titles including Official Xbox Magazine, Xbox World and SFX. Previous to that …