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Now this is… awkward. As part of the promotional campaign ahead of tomorrow’s Channel 4 special How Video Games Changed The World, Charlie Brooker visited the Channel 4 news studio to discuss games with Jon Snow. Unfortunately, there is no human being in the world who knows less about video …
Read More »PS4 partners with Channel 4 for exclusive launch campaign
You know those pesky Channel 4 ads? They just got a lot more interesting. Sony has partnered with the UK broadcaster to air a series of PS4-influenced graphics in place of Channel 4’s iconic TV spots. The ads begin from November 28th and were produced in-game through a number of …
Read More »Brooker’s Channel 4 video games special gets dated
Channel 4 has revealed when Charlie Brooker’s new one-off video games special will be aired in the UK. It will be broadcast in the UK on Saturday November 30th at 9pm. That’s the day after PS4 arrives on these shores, incidentally. It will also be followed by the popular Indie …
Read More »Charlie Brooker to host new video games show
Writer and comic (and former games journalist) Charlie Brooker is to host a new TV show about video games. It’s called How Video Games Changed The World and will be aired on Channel 4 at the end of November as part of a themed night dedicated to video games. Endemol’s …
Read More »Deal or No Deal producer Endemol moves into app publishing
Games arm of entertainment company to publish apps based on its properties as well as original titles
Read More »Littleloud closes doors
Games developer and animation studio still plans to release final creation
Read More »Microsoft’s London studio hires Channel 4 exec
Channel 4 Online business manager Jen Topping has joined Microsoft Soho Productions. Taking up the role of business manager for EMEA TV, Topping will work on building new TV content experiences for Xbox hardware.She will report to Soho Productions studio manage Brian Stone. I’ve had a great time at Channel …
Read More »Channel 4 exec heads to Microsoft Soho
Jen Topping named business manager at Kinect Sesame Street studio
Read More »TV quiz show based on Zynga’s Draw Something coming to Channel 4
A new quiz show based on Zynga’s Draw Something IP is to be aired in the UK on Channel 4. The TV channel has signed Victory Television as the producer of the series, which is being made with input from IP holders Zynga. Sony Pictures has international distribution rights to …
Read More »First Touch Games claim victory at Develop Quiz
Sports game developer takes top prize, with Bossa Studios pipping Side to 2nd place after a tie-break
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