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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 …
Read More »Mobile and video drive digital advertising in 2017
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 …
Read More »Rovio flogs TV animation arm
Sells to Kaiken Entertainment
Read More »Nintendo hopes to bring Netflix and streaming apps to Switch
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 …
Read More »Indie outfit Kiss Ltd hire Mark Boote
Boote joins publishers as non-executive chief financial officer
Read More »Wales Interactive open to limited retail release of new FMV title Late Shift
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 …
Read More »Ladykiller in a Bind: We need to talk about sex
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
Read More »Nominations for the Women in Games awards 2017 close soon
Get your nominations in before March 10th
Read More »Intel talk IEM esports and why that matters for VR to eSports Pro
Intel "in the leadership spot right now" when it comes to eSports VR
Read More »UKIE report suggests 40% of surveyed games businesses considering leaving UK over Brexit
23% say they've already been approached by different countries
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