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33,000 gamers will attend this year’s Gadget Show Live at Christmas, says organiser Upper Street Events. And the firm says that 86 per cent of attendees will use the show to decide between PS4 and Xbox One. The event takes place between November 1st and November 3rd, and Upper Street …
Read More »300k new players sign up to Runescape 3
RuneScape 3 has racked up over 300,000 new players since launching only one month ago. In addition, over 100,000 former players re-activate their accounts. In total, these new, existing and returning players have seen on average 600,000 hours of gameplay being played per day – which is the equivalent of …
Read More »COMMENT: And it’s goodbye from me
It was exactly 15 years ago that MCV debuted at the ECTS trade show in Olympia. We’ve published 754 editions so far. There will be eight more with my name in, then I’m off. The November 1st edition ends a 27-year career in games trade media, having served a dozen …
Read More »SOURCEBOOK: Uber profile
Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with Uber. Uber Sector:Creative & Promotional ServicesYear Established:2004Number of employees:30Address:28-31 Gilbert Street, Park Hill, Sheffield, S2 5QYPhone number:0114 278 7100 Key contacts: Richard Benjamin – richard@uberagency.comKaren Drew – karen@uberagency.comAlan Baker – alan@uberagency.comNic Jones – nic@uberagency.com Website:www.uberagency.com Email:hello@uberagency.comTwitter:@UberAgencyFacebook:Click HereLinkedIn:Click …
Read More »Develop gets new editor
James Batchelor is to become the editor of Develop at the start of October. Currently deputy editor of Develop sister title MCV, Batchelor will take over from Will Freeman, who is to take on a contributing editor role on Develop. Freeman has worked in-house for the Develop brand for five …
Read More »Stuart Dinsey to leave Intent Media
Intent Media’s founder and MD Stuart Dinsey will leave the firm at the end of October to pursue new opportunities. Dinsey set up in Intent Media in 1998 to publish the leading games industry trade brand MCV. Today Intent Media is one of the UK’s most influential business media groups, …
Read More »Microsoft turned down Heavy Rain for fear of controversy
Chart-topping PS3 thriller Heavy Rain was turned down by Microsoft over concerns about child abduction causing controversy for the publisher. As reported byDigital Spy, Quantic Dream’s CEO and the creator of Heavy Rain, David Cage, said the publisher was scared” of the controversy it might have caused. We had a …
Read More »Toys R Us pledges to adopt gender neutral toy labelling
Toys R Us is looking to work closely with the Let Toys Be Toys consumer campaign group, agreeing to become more inclusive in its marketing of toys to girls and boys. The news follows a meeting last week between TRU’s UK board members and Let Toys Be Toys, with the …
Read More »Hines: Nintendo has lost its chance with third parties and Wii U
It may be too late to convince third parties to support Wii U, claims Bethesda’s VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines. Speaking toGameTrailers, Hines said Microsoft and Sony had been discussing hardware with developers for a long time and bringing them in on the process to know what to …
Read More »Improv comedy troupe to host Games Media Awards 2013
This year’s Games Media Awards won’t just have one host – it will have five. The Noise Next Door, an up-and-coming UK group that specialises in improvised comedy, will host the October 10th event, which will once again be held at Vinopolis in London. The troupe has been performing since …
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