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With 62 gaming festivals under its belt, Multiplay Events feels everyone else is just catching up, and you can catch up with it at GDC
Read More »GDC comment: Is the media world finally waking up to the Insomnia way of doing things?
PlayStation and Classic FM to debut orchestral concert at Royal Albert Hall
Coming to London in May, the concert will feature music from The Last of Us, Horizon: Zero Dawn, The Last Guardian and more
Read More »Another Dimension: VIZ Media’s Brad Woods talks the firm’s move into games publishing
As one of the top purveyors of anime, manga and licensed video games products, VIZ Media is in a unique position to leverage their expertise in a new venture: games publishing.
Read More »BBC launches its first-ever AR app
Accompanies the launch of new arts and culture series Civilisations
Read More »How Qutee discovered what Total War fans really think of Warhammer
It was Richard Branson who said that “to succeed in business you need to be original, but you also need to understand what your customers want.” This has never been more true for games developers, as intense competition for gamers’ money and eyeballs is set to ratchet up a notch …
Read More »Anna Hollinrake: “We need to stop glamourising overwork as a badge of honour”
Culture of overwork in games is causing burnout, depression and anxiety at the bottom end of the games industry
Read More »ESL and Facebook to keynote Esports Bar Cannes 2018 with fireside chat
Esports BAR has announced that Facebook and ESL will come together for a dual keynote, a fireside chat between ESL CEO Ralf Reichert and Facebook’s Patrick Chapman, gaming and esports partnerships. The topic of the title is "Esports Comes of Age: A Battleplan for Mainstream Reach" and will discuss a …
Read More »COMMENT: Games and gambling – a lawyer’s view
Paul Gardner is a lawyer and early adopter of the Atari 2600. He specialises in commercial transactions and regulatory issues relating to the computer games industry. Many in the games industry will have heard it referred to as the ‘gaming industry’ – a term confusingly used by some betting firms. …
Read More »TIGA: Video games need a sensible Brexit
Dr Richard Wilson is CEO of TIGA, the award-winning trade association representing the UK video games industry. At TIGA, Richard has successfully campaigned for the introduction of Video Games Tax Relief and introduced an accreditation system for university games courses. TIGA’s recent business survey has underlined the need for a …
Read More »Getting ready for Christmas can be tough – so we’ve moved the MCV Awards deadline!
OK, OK, we admit we were being a tad ambitious when setting the original deadline for the MCV Awards entries. After receiving requests from many of you we have now decided to give you until Monday 8th January 2018 to complete your winning entry. Please note there will be no …
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