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PC sales worldwide have seen a further decline, falling almost 10 per cent compared to the same period in 2012, as consumers continue to choose tablets, a new report claims. Research firmGartner reportsthat the third quarter of 2013, which is historically a period of growth as students and teachers return …
Read More »Read the piece that won Games Writer of the Year at last night’s GMAs
Want to read Dan Douglas’ award winning article that definitely isn’t called video games saved my life”? You’re in luck. The piece was published on Midnight Resistance in July and last night claimed the second ever Games Writer of the Year prize at the Games Media Awards. All games journalists …
Read More »Nintendo IP rampant on Windows Phone
A flood of apps illicitly using Nintendo IP have appeared on the Windows Store. According to BGR, apps like Mario Jump!, Bowser Town Defense, Pokemon Attack!, and Yoshijump are all available on Microsoft’s new digital sales platform, breaking the rules of the marketplace. WhileMicrosoft has saidit would take a strong …
Read More »Games Media Awards toast new talent and top writers
Fresh voices and media pros alike took home key accolades at the Games Media Awards tonight. The journalist-voted prizes acknowledge the best new and established talent working in the UK games media. Dan Douglas was named Games Writer of The Year, winning for his piece "Play The Pain Away", which …
Read More »Elite Dangerous will support Oculus Rift
The maker of Elite, Frontier, will support the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset in its upcoming Elite: Dangerous game. Frontier has also revealed that the Oculus Rift version of Elite: Dangerous will be available to of the title’s crowdfunding backers at no extra cost. We’ve been playing with the Oculus …
Read More »Bandaoke returns to GMAs courtesy of Insert Coin
Attendees at tonight’s GMAs once again get the chance to sing/bellow/destroy their favourite rock and pop songs in Bandaoke. The band-supported karaoke is supported by Insert Coin and is part of the post-awards celebrations. The Games Media Awards take place tonight, Thursday October 10th and return to Vinopolis, Bankside. Five-man …
Read More »Ex-Rebellion and Guerrilla devs join City Interactive
Sniper: Ghost Warrior creator City Interactive Games has hired two former developers from Rebellion and Guerrilla Games. Ex-Rebellion senior producer Steve Hart has joined the firm as executive producer, and Paul Robinson has also been recruited to the firm’s senior creative and design team. During his five-year stint at Rebellion, …
Read More »Martyn Gibbs to deliver opening keynote at London Games Conference
GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs will opening next month’s London Games Conference with a talk about next-gen games retail. He joins leaders from the likes of Twitter UK, PlayStation, Google in talking at the November 13th event. Gibbs will examine how the evolving digital content landscape is re-defining business strategy through …
Read More »GMA 2013: A-Z of the UK’s games media set for the big night
The biggest names in the UK games press will attend tomorrow’s Games Media Awards And if you want to mingle with the media, you need to act fast! Just a couple of trade tickets are left, priced at 150 each. Contact Kathryn.Humphrey@intentmedia.co.uk to find out more. Games press from all …
Read More »Last four seats left at Thursday night’s Games Media Awards
We’ve booked the host. The room. The food. The drink. And we’ve done the table plan. But there are four tickets left for the Games Media Awards. This Thursday night the winners of the journalist-voted Games Media Awards will be announced, and there’s a few places left for games industry …
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