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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 …

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has confirmed that Reeves will host this year’s games awards in association with PC World. The event is set to take place on Tuesday 23 October at Battersea Evolution in Battersea Park, London. Hilary Bevan Jones, Chairman of the Academy said: We …

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has confirmed that Reeves will host this year’s games awards in association with PC World. The event is set to take place on Tuesday 23 October at Battersea Evolution in Battersea Park, London. Hilary Bevan Jones, Chairman of the Academy said: We …

Peripherals giant Mad Catz is to keep its newly-acquired label Joytech to spearhead its efforts in Europe – dismissing fears that the brand would disappear altogether. Having acquired the accessories firm last month, Mad Catz’ general manager for Europe Brian Andersen told MCV that the beefed-up company is looking to …