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Neil Semple, head of creative content at the Department for International Trade, talks up China as a huge potential market for UK-made games. The UK boasts one of the most vibrant and dynamic gaming industries globally. But in terms of sheer size, there is no market like China. Home to …

PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4 has received eight nomination for this year’s video games BAFTAs. The Naughty Dog title is in the running for Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game, Music, Narrative and three Performer nominees. Hot on its heels are indie hit Inside with seven and narrative outing Firewatch with …

Christophe Balestra has announced that he is leaving Uncharted developer Naughty Dog at the start of next month. The studio’s co-president has been with the company for 15 years, having joined when it was in the midst of the Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter era. Fellow long-term co-president Evan …

Joe Phelan of Generation Media talks about the latest trends in games advertising – where video and mobile increasingly rule the roost. The digital media market is still in its relative infancy and advertisers must stay ahead of the curve rather than chase the pack when it comes to reaching …

Sells to Kaiken Entertainment

Switch launched without any streaming media apps, and Nintendo has now claimed this was because it wanted to focus on games for the console’s debut. We built the Nintendo Switch to be a world-class gaming device, meaning we want you first and foremost to play games on the system and …

Boote joins publishers as non-executive chief financial officer

Wales Interactive has announced it’s bringing new cinematic FMV adventure game Late Shift to PS4, Xbox One and Steam next month, with the possibility of a limited retail version coming further down the line, MCV has learned. Developed by CtrlMovie and co-written by Michael R Jackson of the 2009 Sherlock …

Video games are one of our most interesting and engaging narrative mediums, so why do business plans appear to have such a problem with portrayals of sex and relationships? Alex Calvin speaks to Christine Love, the developer of 'kinky lesbian sex' visual novel Ladykiller in a Bind, to get her take

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