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A number of the most senior figures in the UK video games industry have responded to the government’s move to grant PEGI the sole power of video games classification. We’ve got comments from Nintendo’s UK general manager David Yarnton, Ubisoft MD Rob Cooper, Sega president and CEO Mike Hayes, EA …
Read More »DIGITAL BRITAIN: BBFC upbeat despite ratings snub
The British Board of Film Classification has publicly wished rival ratings body PEGI well after the latter organisation was given official public backing as part of the government’s Digital Britain report – but director David Cooke still believes his outfit would have been the better choice. The BBFC has always …
Read More »DIGITAL BRITAIN: PEGI praises ‘effective system’
Established European ratings body PEGI has understandably spoken of its confidence in the role it will now play in policing the nation’s gaming habits following the official government backing sanctioned as part of the Digital Britain report. This decision by the British government to adopt PEGI as the single ratings …
Read More »Consoles leading web TV push
A new study from research firm In-Stat has claimed that games consoles will become the primary conduit for delivering internet television and videos to user’s TVs by 2013, bypassing media-centre PCs in the process. The research claims that 29 per cent of American 29-34 year olds already use consoles to …
Read More »GAME on track despite tough High Street
The UK’s largest dedicated games retailer GAME has assured investors that its performance to date in 2009 is in-line with its expectations. In the period between February 1st and June 13th the GAME Group opened 23 new stores brining its total outlet base to 1,365 across ten countries and across …
Read More »Foley returns to games industry
Koch Media has appointed Juliana Foley as trade marketing and purchasing manager. Foley returns to the games industry following successful stints at EUK, Eidos, The Learning Company and THE Games/Nintendo. She is part of a trio of new staff who have been recruited to help the company expand its presence …
Read More »Online indie retailers reveal new websites
Independent retail continues its push into the online space, as GameXchange and Gameseek reveal their new websites. GameXchange is a High Street chain with six stores nationwide, and was nominated as one of the Top 20 indies in MCV last month. The chain is owned by Richard Moggridge and Andy …
Read More »Miyamoto grabs Game Developers Hero award
Over 9,000 game developers from across the globe have declared Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto as their game developer hero. The international survey, commissioned by the Develop Conference, saw the Mario and Zelda creator take nearly 30 per cent of the total vote, at around 3,000 developer votes. It’s no surprise that …
Read More »Nintendo games now play themselves
The movement to make gaming as accessible as possible to as many people as possible is about to take another step forward with the news that Nintendo is to introduce a new option in upcoming games that will effectively allow the games to play themselves. To find out exactly how …
Read More »Will 360 Games on Demand worry retail?
Microsoft insists that its new Xbox 360 Games on Demand service won’t dampen retail sales. But at E3, where the new service was unveiled, the firm admitted it hadn’t yet decided how long – if at all – a wait there will be between a digital release and its boxed …
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