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Entatech has launched Ministry of Gaming, an initiative that brings accessories brands such as Mad Catz, AMD and Gigabyte together as one buying group. Director Jon Atherton tells MCV how this will invigorate its peripherals division. Why have you launched the Ministry of Gaming? Over the past 12 months Entatech’s …
Read More »Saints Row IV has ‘greater potential’ than predecessor
Saints Row: The Third may have broken records for THQ, but new publisher Deep Silver says Saints Row IV will do even better. The firm is planning a ‘disruptive’ marketing campaign, featuring a new drink called Saints Flow and a music single. Saints Row The Third was a huge success …
Read More »Now London Games Festival is a 2013 no-show, too
The London Games Festival will not take place this year. Organiser Ukie has confirmed to MCV that the brand is taking a year off. Traditionally, the annual event rolls up a month-long series of events and presents them as a way to better promote the games industry and celebrate its …
Read More »Nvidia reveal ‘current-gen beating’ Keplar mobile GPU
Epic Games gave a tech demo at SIGGRAPH today that showed what it called desktop PC game content” running on Nvidia’s Logan” mobile processor. The Unreal Engine 4 powered demonstration took advantage of Nvidia’s new support for OpenGL 4.3, which allows developers access to high-end graphics on mobile devices. The …
Read More »The Develop 100 is out this Friday – check out our retrospective here
The Develop 100 has been published since 2005, and over eight years has chronicled the world’s top studios based on a variety of different metrics. We have analysed the top studios around the world through criteria such as UK retail revenues, reputation, review scores, general standing in the industry and …
Read More »SOURCEBOOK: White Room Games profile
Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with White Room Games. White Room Games Ltd Sector:Gaming Accessories and MerchandiseYear Established:2009Number of employees: 5Address:Campion House, Green Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 4HQPhone:01562 820 010 Key contacts:Luiz Ferreira, Founder & Director – Luiz.Ferreira@whiteroomgames.com Website:www.whiteroomgames.comEmail:info@whiteroomgames.comTwitter:@whiteroomgamesFacebook:Click HereLinkedIn:Click Here White Room …
Read More »Eidos Montreal boss quits citing Square Enix’s "lack of courage"
The former head of Deus Ex: Human Revolution developer Eidos Montreal has resigned. In a statement to MCV’s sister siteDevelop, Stephane D’Astous said the company also suffered from a lack of leadership, courage and communication, and that he was not able to do his job properly as a result. He …
Read More »Zattikka faces possible administration
Online games firm Zattikka could go into administration next month as it struggles to make a loan payment of 275,000. The company revealed on July 9th that it was due to pay the interest, but it has still failed to make the payment. Zattikka-owned developer Hattrick, which is owed the …
Read More »Hackers attempt Apple dev site breach
Apple’s developer centre is currently offline and a message warns visitors that an attempt was made to access secure personal information of registered developers. A Turkish security researcher now claims that he was responsible for the violation, which he claims has exposed flaws in Apple’s system. Last Thursday [July 18th], …
Read More »New report says British video games workforce has halved – but it’s wrong
A damaging new report claims that the UK games industry employs just over 5,000 people – but it is massively inaccurate, MCV research has concluded. The new Skillset creative sector census was published earlier this month and it says that the number of games business employees in Britain is down …
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