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Owners of Pokmon X and Y can receive free new Pokmon for their game this Friday at GAME. Pokmon X owners will receive a code for Magmar, while Pokmon Y players can obtain Electabuzz. Both are monsters from the very original Pokmon games. What’s more, and while stocks last, gamers …
Read More »Alien Isolation release date revealed
Sega’s upcoming horror game Alien Isolation will reach UK shelves this October. To be more specific, the Xbox One, PS4, PC, PS3 and 360 game will launch October 7th in the UK. The first person game is inspired by the original Ridley Scott movie from 1979 as opposed to their …
Read More »Microsoft unveils new Kinect for Windows
Microsoft has revealed what its new Kinect for Windows looks like… and it looks exactly the same as the Xbox One version. Well, actually, it is sightly different. The shiny Xbox logo has been replaced with a basic light dot. And it says the word ‘Kinect’ on the top. The …
Read More »All Future US magazines will be run out of the UK
Future is fast-tracking its plans to move its print operations to the UK. All US print brands, including consumer marketing, production and – significantly – editorial leadership will be centralised in the UK office (there will be some localised contribution from the US). The US arm will now focus solely …
Read More »Independent Scotland could lose video games tax breaks
Scottish games developers could lose the tax breaks they fought so hard for, if the country was to go independent. On September 18th, Scotland’s population will vote whether to become an independent country or not. If they decided yes, then Scotland would need to set up their own tax system, …
Read More »Predator DLC coming to Call of Duty
Infinity Ward is keeping its film-themed DLC going for Call of Duty Ghosts. The studio has teased a Predator cross-over as part of its new DLC pack Devastation, which launches next week (April 3rd) on all platforms. The teaser, posted on Instagram, features the familiar clicks of the Predator, some …
Read More »Now Uncharted 4 game director resigns
Another high ranking Naughty Dog employee working on the next Uncharted game has left the studio. Uncharted 4 Game Director Justin Richmond has departed the firm to work for League of Legends developer Riot Games. It follows the departure of creative director Amy Hennig, who was also a veteran of …
Read More »Revealed: The 100 most influential people working in the British video games industry
The latest issue of MCV has named the 100 most influential games industry executives. The inaugural MCV Brit List features men and women from all different disciplines supporting UK video game businesses. It also names a handful of the famous Brits flying the flag for UK creativity and intelligence on …
Read More »Jo Twist: "We are on our way to making the UK the best place to make and sell games"
The journey to finally get the tax production credits scheme in place for the games industry has been a long and sometimes rocky one. But this week, the industry had confirmation from the European Commission that, after a year of investigating whether there truly was a market failure for games …
Read More »"Today we celebrate, tomorrow we prove we’re worth it" – games developers react to Tax Breaks
The biggest names in UK games development have told MCV that they’re overjoyed that the European Commission has rubberstamped tax breaks for UK studios. But they warn the hard work must begin now to prove they are worth the investment from the UK Government. Tax breaks for UK games developers …
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