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The Treasury has now confirmed that developers will not be able to claim back games tax relief. The claiming period will officially begin from April 1st 2014. A statement from UKIE read: "We can confirm that claims are not back dateable from the 1stof April 2013. Claims can be made …
Read More »Green Man Gaming sponsors MCV Awards 2014
Online games retailer Green Man Gaming has backed this year’s MCV Awards. The firm has signed up as event partner for the prestigious evening. "At Green Man Gaming we are very proud to offer our continued support to the MCV Awards," said Darren Cairns, executive vice president of marketing, Green …
Read More »GamesGrabr reveals new ecommerce platform for publishers
Gaming social network GamesGrabr is offering a new service designed to help sell video games. Feature Collections allows developers, businesses and even influential bloggers to promote their ‘collections’ and offer a means for consumers to then buy them. The new promotion is being pushed under the ‘cool collections to follow’ …
Read More »Internet abuse has become ‘the new normal’
Former Microsoft Studios creative director Adam Orth has spoken of how a tirade of abuse from people on the internet affected his life and lost him his job. Last year Adam Orth lost his job at Microsoftfollowing his outburst on the always-online rumourscirculating about Xbox One, which many people had …
Read More »Over 50 Unity games are on the way to Wii U, Nintendo claims
Nintendo has attempted to assert that while mainstream publishers may be shunning Wii U, the indie community is not. Speaking toSiliconeraat GDC, Nintendo of America’s senior manager of marketing Damon Baker said the console firm was showing off nine games during the week, but that there were another 17 in …
Read More »Sucker Punch: We’d love Second Son to beat Titanfall
Developing one of the first big games for a new console must be a daunting task. It’s all been quiet on the PS4 since its debut back in November with Thief the only notable title to hit Sony’s console this year. And it’s not just PS4 owners that have suffered. …
Read More »Never underestimate Nintendo, Molyneux warns
Peter Molyneux says Nintendo is one hardware release away from leading the way in games again. "The problem with Nintendo is they did a fantastic job of finding these millions of new players with the Wii, and the Wii U kind of does that but also tries to bring in …
Read More »DirectX 12 unveiled with Forza 5 PC demo
Microsoft has revealed the latest version of its DirectX API at GDC. The new version has been designed work across across multiple platforms including PC, Xbox One, tablets and smartphones. It was claimed he API reduces CPU overhead significantly compared to DirectX 11 and was designed from scratch to take …
Read More »Essential guide to UK video games creatives returns in July
MCV’s bumper-sized directory of key UK games agencies and services returns in July. Now called Game Source, it will be published as a book with a print-run of 25,000 and available as a free digital book on iPad and in-browser, it will also be distributed at key events around the …
Read More »Razer signs on for MCV Awards 2014
Gaming accessories specialist Razer is the latest big name to pledge its support for this year’s MCV Awards. Razer has signed up as sponsor of the Games Publisher of the Year award. Those in the running for the prize include Activision Blizzard, EA, Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Take-Two, Ubisoft and Warner …
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