Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, big name publishers, leading edge developers and pioneers of digital distribution will all form part of a wide-ranging programme at the first ever London Games Conference on Tuesday, October 27th. Taking place at BAFTA and sub-titled Digital Distribution and the Future of the European Games Market, LGC …

Mastertronic Group has signed Osborne Clarke as its provider of legal services. As part of the arrangement, general counsel at Mastertronic Group Nav Sunner joins Osborne Clarke as co-head of its interactive entertainment group. He will continue to work with Mastertronic as well as other clients, with a particular focus …

Trade body to match-make with Creative Industry Switch initiative

A new venture described by its creators as the ‘iTunes for video games’ has now launched online – and is looking for fresh white label partners. GameStreamer, the digital distribution and streaming service, offers developers and publishers access to a B2B network of consumer sites that will host their titles …

ELSPA has reassured the trade that the PEGI ratings system’s ascent to become law is still on track – despite the discovery that current age classification is legally unenforceable. A recent review of the 25 year-old Video Recordings Act discovered that the selling of adult videos and games to minors …

As reported by MCV last month, SCEE is to add a number of new titles to its PS3 Platinum software range. The new titles joining the line-up are Guerrilla Games’ Killzone 2, Evolution’s Motorstorm: Pacific Rift and Insomniac’s Resistance: 2 in the 19.99 catalogue shortly in the UK. The exact …

You can ‘pay what you like’ for Eidos’ new Championship Manager. A brave new step in games’ business model – or a headline-grabbing gimmick? Tim Ingham reports… You don’t get something for nothing. But for a penny? The world’s your oyster. Radiohead’s decision to ask fans to ‘pay what you …

Two lynchpins of UK rock and roll history have claimed that Rock Band and Guitar Hero stop kids being dedicated to learning a real instrument. Former Rolling Stones guitarist Bill Wyman and Pink Floyd star Nick Mason expressed their concern while recording a charity Beatles song for Children in Need …

Splash Damage, Realtime Worlds, Eutechnyx and Playfish star

Having launched at UK retail last Tuesday, Sony’s PS3 console has enjoyed a colossal week-on-week sales jump, with numbers of ChartTrack’s Week 36 showing a 999 per cent sales increase over the week before. ChartTrack has told MCV that it is not releasing specific sales numbers, but did say: The …