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FIFA 14 has taken the No.1 spot in the UK Chart-Track Top 40 for the eleventh time. Only four other titles have managed this before – Who Wants To Be a Millionaire, Wii Fit, Zumba Fitness and FIFA: Road To World Cup 98. The game’s success means Bethesda’s The Elder …
Read More »MP Ed Vaizey hails UKIE after tax breaks success
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey says UKIE deserves credit for securing tax breaks for UK games developers. The MP’s comments came in response to a question about a press release from rival trade body TIGA, which took credit for securing the tax breaks. Tax relief for UK games developers were confirmed …
Read More »THE BIG INTERVIEW: Xbox’s Phil Spencer on winning back the gamers
Phil Spencer has spent 26 years working for Microsoft. He’s worked across divisions and on products that range from Encarta and Microsoft Works, to Fable and Halo 4. He has quite the CV and, as a creator at heart, was perhaps the obvious choice to succeed Don Mattrick as the …
Read More »New venue for Golden Joysticks 2014
The 2014 Golden Joystick Awards will take place at a new venue, MCV can reveal. The event will be held at the London Indig02 on Friday, October 24th, with the aftershow party to take place at the Brooklyn Bowl, also in the O2 arena. Future says the party will include …
Read More »Scottish game developers will be better off without the rest of Britain, says SNP
An independent Scotland will keep games industry tax breaks and offer even more support to its studios, the country’s Government has said. MCV discovered last month that should Scotland vote to become independent in September, it would have to choose if it wanted to keep the recently approved tax relief …
Read More »Our ‘interview’ with Amazon and the true potential of Fire TV
In the wake of last night’s reveal of Amazon’s Fire TV, MCV got in touch with the retailer for an interview. Amazon can be a secretive company. Much like Apple, it’s a business happy to throw extravagant over-hyped press events, but when it comes to actually talking to the media …
Read More »New version of Minecraft set for Amazon Fire TV
Minecraft will be one of the big third-party launching on Amazon Fire TV. The video streaming box/games console hybrid has been backed by a number of developers, and Minecraft, Asphalt 8 and an endless-runner game based on Monsters University are all amongst the first third party titles. EA, Ubisoft and …
Read More »Four reasons the UK might just lead digital game development in Europe
Joost Van Dreunen is the CEO of SuperData Research. Using the firm’s latest data, he predicts why the UK games development scene may soon become the No.1 power for digital games in Europe. It’s totally confusing. Over the course of just two weeks, first Activision announces that it is closing …
Read More »Phil Spencer takes over Xbox division
Microsoft veteran Phil Spencer will now lead a reorganised Xbox division. The new-look division combines Xbox, Xbox Live development teams and the Microsoft studios. He will report to Terry Myerson, who is in charge of the group developing operating systems, as the two business areas look to work closer together. …
Read More »Ed Vaizey MP: "Tax relief is just the start for UK games developers"
Last week – after a four year journey – tax relief for UK games studios was confirmed. The UK games industry has long campaigned for tax relief for video games to help compete with the likes of Canada, which has been securing investment and attracting British talent with its generous …
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