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The company formerly known as Zoo Digital Publishing is set to get a new parent, following the buyout of GreenScreen Interactive by Los Angeles-based Mandalay Media. The announcement of the deal comes just one month after New York-based GreenScreen snapped up Zoo and Destination Software – merging the two companies …
Read More »id leaves the Entertainment Software Association
Developer follows Activision, Vivendi and LucasArts out of the door
Read More »ID pulls out of the ESA
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 …
Read More »12 more UK studios back new Games Up? campaign
More leading studios - including Blitz, Codemasters, EA, Exient, NCSoft and Realtime Worlds - support Government lobbying effort
Read More »UK development sector ‘could become a dead man walking’
Government must act immediately, say Games Up? organisers as campaign goes public
Read More »Games Up? The Stats
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:
Read More »Eidos, SCE Worldwide Studios and Frontier back Games Up
Tiga and ELSPA-supported campaign for tax breaks gets backing from studio heavyweights
Read More »Britsoft firms back official campaign for tax breaks
15 studios, plus Tiga and ELSPA, start 'Games Up' campaign to put pressure on Government
Read More »EA: Casual market worth $13.5bn by 2010
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 …
Read More »COMMENT: Working together, giving together
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 …
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