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EA COO Peter Moore says the industry needs to explore new ways to help players discover new games. The firm announced EA Access in July. For 4 a month, consumers have access to a ‘Vault’ of EA titles. To begin with, that Vault will include FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25, …
Read More »Peter Moore on football, FIFA and his ultimate dream
The preamble before any interview tends to last only a few seconds. We normally ask a basic question. Such as: How have you found the show? They give a brief response, and the interview begins. As MCV sat down with EA COO Peter Moore at White Hart Lane – the …
Read More »Get tips on how to sell digital games at Games Retail 2020
Some of the most digital-ready games companies will offer advice on how to sell digital games at Games Retail 2020. Top brass from Xbox and Sega, the developer/publisher Team 17 and games retail start-up gamesGRABR will take part in a panel discussion at the event, which takes place on September …
Read More »Sega promotes John Clark to SVP of commercial publishing
Sega has promoted John Clark to senior vice president for commercial publishing, a new division within Sega Europe that combines boxed and digital games. Clark has worked at Sega for almost eight years, having worked as UK managing director. Since 2012, he has worked as VP for digital distribution. Sega’s …
Read More »GamesAid charity voting opens as funding hits record high
The voting is now open to select which charities will receive money raised by games industry charity GamesAid. The official amount of money has yet to be announced, but it will be the biggest year yet for GamesAid fundraising. Last year, the charity raise 260,000 for Action for Kids, Lifelites, …
Read More »Watch the PC keynote you never get to see at E3 at Games Retail 2020
UK retail specialist Green Man Gaming will deliver ‘The PC keynote you never get to see at E3’ at this month’s Games Retail 2020. The keynote, by marketing VP Darren Cairns, will give attendees a look at why PC remains the fastest growing platform for games on the planet. Games …
Read More »Nintendo Europe cuts 190 temporary QA staff
Nintendo of Europe has confirmed that 190 temporary employees are leaving the firm. It is part of a previously announced downsizing, which has already resulted in the loss of 130 permanent employees. The 190 temporary staff worked in the firm’s German QA department, although staff have informed Kotaku that many …
Read More »Twitter to speak at Games Retail 2020
Twitter is the latest name to join the roster of speakers at next month’s Games Retail 2020. Games Retail 2020 is our new UK games event dedicated to the future of selling games. UK and Ireland sales manager Samir Bhana will hold a talk entitled: ‘Selling Games by Marketing in …
Read More »Xenoblade Chronicles coming exclusively to the ‘new 3DS’
Nintendo has just announced a game that will only work on the ‘New 3DS’. Xenoblade Chronicles, a port of the Wii game for 3DS, will make use of the console’s improved CPU. It’s not unusual for Nintendo to try and build games that only work on ‘revised’ hardware. I recall …
Read More »Steam’s ‘no refunds’ policy challenged in Australia
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is challenging Valve over its ‘no refunds’ policy. Of course, Valve isn’t the only software house not to offer any refunds on games. But Valve and its Steam platform is the most high profile. The aforementioned commission argues Valve is in violation of the …
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