The Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is not only selling well at retail, but also had impressive digital sales in June. Despite launching really late in the month, on June 30th, Activision’s collection of remasters managed to debut at No.8 in the UK console digital charts for June, with revenue …
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Keywords Studios announced as sponsors of the Major Publisher of the Year Award at MCV/DEVELOP Awards
Keywords Studios has been announced as the sponsor of the Major Publisher of the Year Award at the M…
MCV/DEVELOP Awards Finalists announced
MCV/DEVELOP has announced the category finalists for the MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026. The MCV/DEVELOP Aw…
The Story Mob announced as sponsor of the Indie Studio of the Year award at MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2026
MCV/DEVELOP has announced The Story Mob as sponsors of the Indie Studio of the Year award at the MCV…
[Event news] Leading Games Industry Entrepreneur Chris van der Kuyl CBE Joins the Games Growth Summit
Chris van der Kuyl CBE has been announced as the latest speaker to join the Games Growth Summit, bri…
Gambit Esports seize victory at CS:GO PGL Major
Gambit Esports emerged as surprise winners of the the PGL Counter-Strike Major, emerging victorious at the $1m Counter-Strike tournament. Gambit went up against Immortals after taking out defending champs Astralis 2-1 in the best of three semi finals, but Immortals were no slouch either, taking out Virtus Pro themselves in the …
Read More »Crash Bandicoot beats Splatoon 2 to No.1
Only a handful of copies prevented Splatoon 2 from debuting at the top of the UK charts this week. Renewed stock for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy allowed Activision’s title to be back at No.1 this week, with sales increasing 59 per cent. With three weeks at the top of …
Read More »Starbreeze appoints new head of IR and corporate communications
Starbreeze Studios has appointed Ann Charlotte Svensson as head of investor relations and corporate communications. Previously, Svensson was head of group communications at finance group Catella, and previously served as senior consultant at Hallvarsson and Halvarsson, where she was an advisor in financial communication assignments. In her new role, Svensson …
Read More »Gamescom 2017’s support programme revealed
The supporting programme of events for this year’s Gamescom has been announced. Taking place primarily in the entertainment area of Cologne’s Koelnmesse (halls 5-10), this year’s show will once again have a diverse line-up of activities to get involved in alongside the list of over 900 exhibitors on the main …
Read More »Esports UK: The State of Play
Esports is a global phenomenon and it’s only going to get bigger – and there’s few people who would now disagree with that statement. While the biggest titles may bring together such disparate locales as Sweden and Shanghai – it’s the sector’s growth in the UK that’s of most interest …
Read More »Heard About – Scoring Ark: Survival Evolved
John Broomhall talks with composer ace Gareth Coker about the iconic Abbey Road Studios and how scoring ARK: Survival Evolved became a unique production process
Read More »DLC and Microtransations to be responsible for over half of digital console revenue in 2017
Data analysts SuperData believe that over 50 per cent of all revenue from the digital storefronts on console this year
Read More »Craig Fletcher, Multiplay’s founder, on how the company is upping its GAME
Craig Fletcher is a UK esports veteran, having clocked up 20 years in the industry. He is now working for GAME as ‘Multiplay founder & SVP esports and competitive gaming strategy at GAME’ – phew. Multiplay’s impact on GAME has been obvious, with the company expanding rapidly into competitive gaming …
Read More »Formula E-sports: Milestone on the future of its MotoGP esports championship
With its new MotoGP esports championship underway, Katharine Byrne talks to Milestone’s marketing manager Andrea Loiudice about the future of real world esports. Why turn the MotoGP series into an esports championship now? It’s something that’s been discussed for months with [MotoGP owner] Dorna, and in the end we agreed …
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[Event News] Games Growth Summit adds to speaker line-up with two more veterans
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Games Growth Summit Announces First Speakers for 6th Annual Event – 4th June
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