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No growth for games mags in ABCs

The UK games mags have seen falls across the board, according to the latest figures from ABC. The steepest falls were suffered by Official Nintendo and GamesMaster, which saw readership falls of over 6,000 each. But there were dips across the board for all the games press – with the …

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Future hires two Entertainment publishers

Future Publishing has hired two new publishers for its Entertainment portfolio. James Kick has been promoted to associate publisher for OPSM, PSM3, Firstplay and the Golden Joystick Awards, while Don Ditri returns to the company as associate publisher digital, taking responsibility for CVG, GamesRadar and the ONM and OXM websites. …

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Digital revenues soar at Future

Media firm Future has reported a significant increase in online ad revenue for the quarter ending December 31st 2010. Digital now accounts for 32 per cent of the company’s total ad revenue, which is up an impressive 25 per cent compared to the same quarter the year before. Future’s UK …

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The increasing games-film crossover

Having announced last month that it has merged its games and films divisions, Future Publishing has told MCV that the decision was made due to the increased crossover between the two once disparate sectors. "When speaking to our clients and partners in games, we increasingly hear of their desire to …

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Future forms entertainment division

Media giant Future has merged its games and film sales and publishing departments into one entertainment division to strengthen the team. The idea behind the merger is to offer Future’s clients better access to the film and game audiences. The company has already hired two new publishers and is on …

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OPINION: 3DS is a vision of the future

At the time of writing you can’t speak to anyone in the industry without touching on 3DS. Everyone has an opinion. People want to discuss the price, the launch line-up, or the quality of last week’s presentation – but not so much the device’s core USP. Perhaps it’s easy to …

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Games EIC role for Future’s Clark

Future has announced a reshuffle of its games team that sees current editor-in-chief of Official PlayStation Magazine Tim Clarke become editor-in-chief of the company’s entire games portfolio. In addition, current head of Edge International and PC Gamer James Binns will widen his role to include CVG.co.uk, GamesRadar.com and the websites …

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GamesRadar names new UK editor

Matt Cundy has been promoted to UK editor of GamesRadar. Future Publishing announced that Cundy has left his position as acting editor and replaces George Walter. Cundy has 15 years of experience in the games industry and has headed up a number of magazines, including Pokemon Masters and The Simpsons …

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Games Tribe launches first websites

Richard Keith has lifted the lid on the first two blogs to emerge from his Games Tribe venture – jrpgtribe.com and raidingparty.net. Keith announced the formation of The Games Tribe in September. jrpgtribe.com will be run by former Future Publishing face Kim Richards, who formerly served as a games tester …

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Ex-Future PR joins IGN UK

IGN UK has appointed a new PR manager – former Future Publishing man Will Guyatt. The UK’s largest game and entertainment editorial network has nabbed Guyatt to push forward its external comms and PR. He will report to IGN UK marketing director Rich Keen and plans to work with editorial, …

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