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Downing, Tafler and Oliver all step up at Sega Europe and Dan Sheridan joins nDreams. Three senior promotions at Sega The European arm of Sega has made three senior promotions to its marketing and brand teams. Anna Downing (pictured right) has been named as Sega Europe’s new marketing director, Rowan …
Read More »Brenda and John Romero to be named Development Legends at Develop Awards 2017
The pair will also be delivering keynotes at Develop:Brighton
Read More »Interview: The future of Coatsink
Sean Cleaver speaks to Coatsink's chief operating officer, Eddie Beardsmore, about their CE50 nomination, the studio's VR development and its growth
Read More »Brenda and John Romero to deliver Develop:Brighton keynote
The industry veterans will also receive the Development Legend award at the Develop Awards
Read More »Outlast 2 denied Australian classification
Australia’s classification board has reportedly blocked the release of upcoming horror title Outlast 2 in the region. Kotaku Australia reports that the inclusion of what was perceived to be sexual violence in the game was blamed. As such, its content could not be accommodated by the existing R18+ rating, and …
Read More »Ukie’s market breakdown, MCV Awards 2017 and Mass Effect: Andromeda headline this week’s MCV
Last Thursday, MCV celebrated its fifteenth annual Awards, with 24 accolades recognising the very best in the industry. You can now read all the reactions from the winners and see pictures from the night in this week’s issue. Elsewhere, we partnered with UK trade body Ukie to bring the definitive …
Read More »Sonic Mania delayed, but Sonic Forces announced
What one hand giveth the other taketh away. Sega has revealed at the SXSW event that upcoming 2D platformer Sonic Mania has been delayed from the spring until the summer. Fans of the series may also be pleased to know that the return of Flying Battery Zone, of Sonic 3 …
Read More »CEO Bruner steps down from Telltale
The co-founder and chief executive of Telltale games has left the company. Kotaku got hold of an internal memo sent around the developer confirming the news. Today I am writing to let you know that I’ll be stepping away from my position as CEO of Telltale,” Kevin Bruner said. We’ve …
Read More »Interest in Switch high, but it’s still too expensive, says UK public
Over half the UK population was aware of the Nintendo Switch prior to its launch on March 3rd, but only just under a third of that figure are actually interested in buying the console in the next three months, a new report from Harris Interactive has found. Unsurprisingly, awareness of …
Read More »Digital spending soars while physical shrinks over 50% in ten years
Consumer spending in games has increased 72 per cent between 2007 and 2016, but physical spending has fallen by 54.9 per cent during the same period, according to a new report from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). Boxed games are now worth less than half their value in 2007, totalling …
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