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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 …

Nintendo has pulled out of this year’s Leipzig Games Convention. The platform holder said it wished the show all the best, but had chosen this year to concentrate on smaller, local events and national promotional tours. During the past months, the company has gained many positive experiences with smaller, local …

Industry watchers have told MCV that with iPhone and Apple TV in its arsenal, technology giant Apple could be the next big thing” in the games market. While mobile gaming has struggled to fulfil its potential thanks to handset fragmentation and compatibility issues, Apple’s iPhone looks set to change all …

HMV has spoken of its respect for specialist GAME in a new interview with MCV. The firm’s commercial manager for games Jonathan Hayes said that both HMV and GAME were united in offering something that kept consumers away from online retailers – such as Play and Amazon – and supermarkets. …

We asked Jonathan Hayes what he thought was the winning aspect behind HMV’s triumph in the MCV awards this year. He explains: I’d say it was a combination of factors, but ultimately they all added up to the same thing – working closely with our key strategic partners to make …

Intellectual Property is the bedrock of any creative industry, yet many companies fail to appreciate its value, and so underestimate the need to protect their IP rights. Consider one of the world’s top brands, Coca-Cola. If given the choice by some modern-day genie conjured from a vigorously rubbed Coke can, …

President of Atari parent Infogrames Phil Harrison has suggested that Alone In The Dark will be the publisher’s last ever single-player game. Harrison and Infogrames CEO David Gardner have both previously made allusions to a future based on ‘social’ gaming – and of Atari becoming leaders in the online gaming …

Fancy yourself as the games industry’s very own Wayne Rooney? Then it’s time to get your team together for this year’s MCV and Xbox 360 Games 5s tournament. MCV can reveal that the ninth annual five-a-side competition will take place on Friday August 1st, with team registrations open on June …

The founder and president of Brash Entertainment Nicholas Longano has quit the developer-cum-publisher after only a year in charge. When MCV broke the story of Brash’s entry into the industry in March last year, the company promised to develop movies alongside games and claim several big-name licences. Now, according to …

The Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association has instructed its members to ignore any request from the BBFC to change the current age ratings process. The UK industry representative has requested that leading publishers hold fire on implementing any changes to classification of their games until the Government has officially …