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GamesRadar’s flagship digital showcase invites you to discover something new on June 11 as part of this year's summer of gaming season
Read More »[From the industry] The Future Games Show Powered by Mana returns June 11th
The Gold Standard: 37 years of The Golden Joysticks
It’s back to the Bloomsbury Big Top for this year’s Golden Joystick Awards on November 15th, so what’s the plan for this year’s event and why should you get involved?
Read More »Gamers will be able to come to this year’s Golden Joysticks
The 34th edition of the Golden Joystick Awards will be open to the public for the first time ever. Starting today, balcony tickets are being sold to attend the ceremony, which is once again taking place at the Indig02 at London’s O2 Arena on November 18th. The tickets cost 10 …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Justin Towell departs GamesRadar+
GamesRadar+’s reviews editor is now self-employed, EA names Laura Miele as EVP of global publishing and IO poaches Ubisoft director Ryan Barnard. Justin Towell departs GamesRadar+ Justin Towellhas just departed GamesRadar+ after ten years at Future to become self-employed. He joined the company in 2006, rising from editorial assistant to …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Konami strengthens PR and social media teams
This week Konami UK welcomes two new recruits, IGN appoints JoeSkrebels as its UK news editor and Future promotes two members of GamesRadar’s editorial team. Konami recruits Asim Tanvir andDanielle Mounsey The Pro Evolution Soccer firm has recruited two new faces to its UK team. Asim Tanvir (pictured, far right) …
Read More »Arendt and Elliott promoted at GamesRadar
Future has announced a pair of senior promotions within the GamesRadar global editorial team. Susan Arendt has been named as US executive editor. She joined the site as managing editor from Joystiq a year ago. Meanwhile, commissioning editor Matt Elliot joins the global senior editorial team as senior commissioning editor. …
Read More »Dan Dawkins takes global editor in chief role at Gamesradar+
Daniel Dawkins has been named the global editor in chief of Gamesradar+. Dawkins was previously the games group editor in chief for the UK. He replaces Sophia Tong, who has taken a new role at Future. She is working on ‘creative brand strategy and business development’ within the global revenue …
Read More »GamesRadar+ hit 11.3m users in December
Future’s GamesRadar+ has smashed its monthly user records in December 2015 with 11.3m people visiting the website. This is the second record-breaking month in a row after the site hit 9.8m unique users during November 2015. Furthermore, this growth in December represents a 29 per cent year-on-year growth over the …
Read More »How did the games media cover E3? We ask GamesRadar+
The last year saw huge changes for Future’s output, with the closure of CVG and the combination of its remaining games brands into GamesRadar+. E3 was arguably the first big test for Future’s flagship website since its November launch. Itwas really, really pleased with how GamesRadar+ covered E3 in 2015,"reveals …
Read More »Was Future right to close CVG?
Back in May last year, MCV ran a story that announced Future was planning to close Computerandvideogames.com. It came as a shock. CVG was not only very good, it was also still hugely popular. What’s more, Future had only just invested in a new CVG website. There was a backlash …
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