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Dr Richard Wilson is CEO of TIGA, the award-winning trade association representing the UK video games industry. At TIGA, Richard has successfully campaigned for the introduction of Video Games Tax Relief and introduced an accreditation system for university games courses. Now that the Government has triggered Article 50 and the …

Players of the popular franchise are calling for a boycott of the game's promotions for Black Friday until game fixes are implemented

Ukie’s biennial Westminster Games Day is a great opportunity for the industry to join forces and make sure our parliamentarians are aware of the importance of the industry and the issues it’s facing. While there, we took the opportunity to have a quick chat with Shaun Campbell, EA’s country manager …

Failbetter Games’ marketing manager Haley Uyrus on how to make the most of your sales funnel

Activision Blizzard just had its biggest week of the year. Its annual Call of Duty behemoth was launched at retail to strong sales figures, while BlizzCon gathered tens of thousands of the company’s most faithful fans together.  One big announcement was for a Disneyland-esque Overwatch map, celebrating the company’s biggest …

Kevin Chou has joined the board at Critical Force, the company that developers the mobile first-person shooter Critical Force. It’s a coup for the developers. Chou is the founder and CEO of the Korean Silicon Valley Esports (KSV) organisation. Don’t know them? You soon will as KSV has acquired the …

It’s time for us to reveal our definitive list of the industry’s brightest young minds. For this year’s 30 Under 30 (sponsored by OPM Jobs), we were inundated with entries, which made choosing the final list of 30 very tough – so this really is the cream of the crop. We’re …

MCV’s ultimate list of the 30 most brilliant young people working in the UK games industry right now

Ex-Rockstar, Konami and Ninja Theory devs join the team at its new offices increasing its headcount up to 400 people

Shares in the Finnish developer are now down to $11 a share as costs for acquiring users rose by over 300 per cent