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Ed Vaizey has vowed to help games firms engage directly with different Parliamentary divisions after his department was given sole responsibility for the industry. It was announced last week that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will now handle everything to do with the interactive entertainment sector, while the …

I expect that from time-to-time, Activision’s Bobby Kotick and EA’s John Riccitiello will cast an envious eye over Ubisoft. Here is a publisher that doesn’t have a FIFA or a Call of Duty in its repertoire, but has still managed to become the Wii’s most successful third-party publisher. The likes …

EDUCATION WEEK: Long-awaited document recommends sweeping changes across academia

EDUCATION WEEK: Differences between UKIE and TIGA 'are disappearing'

EDUCATION WEEK: Livingstone-Hope Review urges better cooperation between the trade bodies

Official UK video games trade body UKIE has welcomed the recommendations of today’s Livingstone-Hope skills review. The UK has a heritage in developing video games that we can be very proud of," UKIE director general Michael Rawlinson stated. "However, if we are to continue to produce world-class interactive entertainment we …

Birmingham City University is to run several Gamer Camp ‘finishing school’ courses at its NTI Birmingham city-centre development facility. The three courses, called Nano, Mini and Pro, are full-time commitments for accepted development students looking secure a job as artists or programmers in the games industry. They are overseen by …

Three development courses to be held for industry students at Birmingham City University

Following the surprise recommendation of a possible strategic alliance between UK games trade bodies UKIE and TIGA in today’s Livingstone-Hope skills review, report author Ian Livingstone has espouse the virtues of a possible union. "There is a fundamental difference between the two organisations historically," Livingstone told an audience in London …

GAME has won the exclusive rights to the Epic Edition of upcoming FPS Bulletstorm. The retailer is already taking pre-orders for the new SKU, which includes access to the Gears of War 3 public beta, 25,000 in-game experience points and special weapons. GAME’s exclusivity was revealed by Bulletstorm developer Cliff …