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Commercial director of PGR studio uses Liverpool newspaper opinion piece to rally industry support

Gamecheat specialist Blaze has announced a brand new Sega MegaDrive based handheld, which includes 20 16-bit titles built in out of the box. Due out some time this month, the 29.99 device includes headline titles such as Sonic and Knuckles, Ecco the Dolphin, Golden Axe, Kid Chameleon, Altered Beast, Alex …

With Sony putting plenty of emphasis on its still-blossoming portable machine at this year’s E3, Sony’s American CEO has spoke openly for the first time about his ideas for the platform going forwards. Kotaku reports that speaking to a reporter’s gathering this morning, when asked about the possible introduction of …

That’s it folks. The Sony and MCV trade competitions offering up the chance to win Buzz! Quiz TV and Buzz! Master Quiz prizes are now well and truly over. All further entries will be sent to the back of the class. So if you didn’t enter, it’s too late, and …

A new company looking to revolutionise the way free online games are monetised is offering core games publishers the chance to promote their products to a huge games-savvy audience. GameJacket is an advanced advertising solution for online games – developers using the system can sign up to the service and …

Partnertrans UK is to officially unveil its new corporate image and identity – Universally Speaking – at the Develop Conference in Brighton, MCV can reveal. The Cambridgeshire-based QA, localisation and audio specialist is the proud sponsor of Publishing Hero Award at this year’s Develop Industry Excellence Awards, and will be …

With Brighton booming for games development and the cityâ??s Develop conference looming, we gathered key staff from the leading games companies in the area to find out why the South Coast has become one of the fastest growing hubs for UK talent â?? and how it could develop in futureâ?¦

Casual games ad network proving so popular studios promised cash from day one, claims MD

Newly-rebranded QA and localisation firm to support Publishing Hero award

Localisation and QA company takes new identity; embarks on two-year expansion plan