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Developer follows Activision, Vivendi and LucasArts out of the door

Doom developer id Software has left the Entertainment Software Association, joining the recent departures of Activision, Vivendi, and LucasArts. A representative from the company told Next-Gen.biz that it had opted to not renew its membership with the ESA, which organises the E3 expo. Id declined to comment further. In an …

More leading studios - including Blitz, Codemasters, EA, Exient, NCSoft and Realtime Worlds - support Government lobbying effort

Government must act immediately, say Games Up? organisers as campaign goes public

As part of the recently-announced Games Up? campaign lobbying for tax breaks for games studios and better higher education, the organisers have published stats and facts proving their case about the commercial strength of the UK. The details, in full, are provided below:

Tiga and ELSPA-supported campaign for tax breaks gets backing from studio heavyweights

15 studios, plus Tiga and ELSPA, start 'Games Up' campaign to put pressure on Government

The boss of EA’s Casual Entertainment division Kathy Vrabeck has said that she expects the total global casual games market to be worth around $13.5 billion in the next couple of years”. In a candid Q&A session – published on MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz – Vrabeck added that her department …

As the ESC held its successful Golf and Spa Day (raising over 20,000 in the process), a new charity, GamesAid, was announced. GamesAid is setting out to offer a new level of choice for participants at all levels and is happy to live alongside any ‘official’ industry charity. Its arrival …

Future Publishing has reported a like-for-like 17 per cent rise in trading profit for the six months to March 31. The publisher recorded a total pre-tax profit of 4.1m – with video games magazines a star performer. The firm reported a 6.2m pre-tax profit for the same period a year …