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Creative Skillset is asking game industry professionalsto provide feedback on matters affecting the sector. Members on the industry panels will be asked to complete a maximum of four surveys a year, all of which can be accessed online. Topics will cover issues such as skills gaps in the UK and …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: EA reorganises exec team, top vacancies
In MCV’s weekly round-up of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Electronic Arts reorganises its executive team and we take a look at the best positions available. EA shifts executive structure EA Games Label executive vice president Patrick Soderlund will take on an expanded role filling Wilson’s former …
Read More »"Playing violent video games may have an effect – but it can’t be the scapegoat"
Last month, The Mirror ran a report blaming Call of Duty for a massacre at a Washington Navy base. Professor Mark Griffiths, the director of the International Gaming Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University explains why the media needs to stop blaming games… The issue of video game violence has …
Read More »Tiga dismisses renewed UKIE merger talks
Tiga is uninterested in talk of a merger with fellow UK game industry trade body UKIE, a spokesman has toldDevelop. During last week’s UKIE AGM, chairman Andy Payne said he was "extending a hand" to Tiga CEO Richard Wilson and the board to discuss how the two trade bodies could …
Read More »The biggest brands on the planet to be revealed in Power List 2013
Who’s the bigger team – Chelsea or Liverpool? What about David Bowie vs Andy Warhol? Do you prefer Red Bull or Coca-cola? On October 15ththe Licensing.biz Power List will definitively list the 100 most powerful names on the planet, across Character & Entertainment, Brands, Art & Design and Sports categories. …
Read More »Over 1,000 people made GTA V
Rockstar North has revealed a team of 1,000+ developers worked on Grand Theft Auto V. In an interview with sister-site Develop, studio president Leslie Benzies confirmed the monster team that worked on what has since become the fastest selling game in UK history. "It’s probably more, much more," said Benzies. …
Read More »‘OFT report may affect sports and adult console games’
Harbottle & Lewis Partner Alan Moss takes a closer look at the OFT’s report on the impact of microtransactions on children, and the implications it has on our industry… While the report describes itself as one that is targeted at protecting children – the report is entitled ‘Children’s Online Games’ …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Next-gen crash recovery?
Jules Williams, consumer retail analyst at Kantar Worldpanel, discusses whether the next generation of consoles has what it takes to restore the games industry… It‘s no secret that the past few years have been tough for the industry. Physical games sales are down by 60 per cent since 2009, with …
Read More »Europe developing a taste for Windows Phone
A new report claims Windows Phone sales are picking up in Europe. Microsoft’s mobile platform now accounts for nine per cent of all smartphone sales in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Great Britain. According to a study byKantar Worldpanel, Windows Phone has almost doubled its share of sales in the …
Read More »Future Games of London acquired by Ubisoft
Ubisoft has acquired UK free-to-play mobile studio Future Games of London. The publishing giant will now take on the developer’s 41 employees and its IP, which includes Hungry Shark. Founded in 2009, Future Games of London has garnered more than 100 million downloads from its range of titles, including four …
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