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In an interview with MCV , Microsoft’s senior regional director for the Northern Europe Entertainment and Devices Division Neil Thompson has said that his company’s upcoming Q4 software offering is the best he has ever worked with. You never really know what’s going to happen in Q4, but I’ve worked …

Last year Tiga, UKTI and DTI (now called BERR) commissioned a wide-ranging report to look at the competitive nature of the global games industry and how the UKâ??s games development sector fits in. Here, we exclusively present an abridged version ahead of its public distributionâ?¦

In an interview with MCV , Microsoft’s senior regional director for the Northern Europe Entertainment and Devices Division Neil Thompson has said that his company’s upcoming Q4 software offering is the best he has ever worked with. You never really know what’s going to happen in Q4, but I’ve worked …

Last year Tiga, UKTI and DTI (now called BERR) commissioned a wide-ranging report to look at the competitive nature of the global games industry and how the UKâ??s games development sector fits in. Here, we exclusively present an abridged version ahead of its public distributionâ?¦

Continuing our exclusive extract of the Government's Playing for Keeps report. Early in 2007, 15 of the UKâ??s most prominent independent developers, publisher studios and publisher head offices were interviewed about the UK as a market for games development. Here is what they saidâ?¦

Continuing our exclusive extract of the Government's Playing for Keeps report. Early in 2007, 15 of the UKâ??s most prominent independent developers, publisher studios and publisher head offices were interviewed about the UK as a market for games development. Here is what they saidâ?¦

The Playing for Keeps report shows that while the UK is still one of the worldâ??s great games development markets, it faces some structural challenges in the medium term which threaten its ability to continue to produce strong original new IP, and change consumersâ?? definition of gamesâ?¦

The Playing for Keeps report shows that while the UK is still one of the worldâ??s great games development markets, it faces some structural challenges in the medium term which threaten its ability to continue to produce strong original new IP, and change consumersâ?? definition of gamesâ?¦

The release of Halo 3 has really kicked off Xbox 360’s end-of-year push – are you confident that Microsoft has the best video games offering available on the market at the moment? You never really know what’s going to happen in Q4, but I’ve worked on Xbox since we started …

The release of Halo 3 has really kicked off Xbox 360’s end-of-year push – are you confident that Microsoft has the best video games offering available on the market at the moment? You never really know what’s going to happen in Q4, but I’ve worked on Xbox since we started …