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18 different companies claimed key accolades at the Develop Industry Excellence Awards this week. Winners hailed from across Europe – and indeed around the world as the Development Legend was handed to the co-founders of Epic Games. The full list of winners can be found below. Supercell, the Finnish studio …
Read More »Entatech launches new games brand
Distributor Entatech has launched a new gaming initiative to help invigorate the peripherals market. The Ministry of Gaming will see the likes of AMD, Zotac, MadCatz, Gigabyte and others form a unique buying group. Each company has been specifically chosen by Entatech to represent a niche in the market and …
Read More »PS4 can ‘fundamentally alter the landscape for games’
Although triple-A games will ‘thrive’ on PS4, the hardware’s designer saysa complementary range of indie games will herald a ‘Renaissance of Gameson PS4’. Talking in a keynote today opening the Develop Conference in Brighton,Cerny recounted the history of the new console and his own career. His verdict, after spending five …
Read More »SOURCEBOOK: Handisc profile
Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with Handisc Ltd. Handisc Ltd Sector:Manufacturing ServicesYear Established:2010Number of employees:5Address:Samar House, North Way, Walworth Industrial Park, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 5AZPhone:01264 335118 Key contacts:Technical: Alex Ashur – alex.ashur@handisc.co.ukAccounts: Justine Clarke – justine.clarke@handisc.co.ukSales: Karen Williams – karen.williams@handisc.co.uk Website:www.handisc.co.ukEmail:info@handisc.co.ukFacebook:Click hereTwitter:Click hereLinkedIn:Click …
Read More »Former Valve hardware boss criticises company’s ‘hidden management’ clique
Valve’s idealised ‘flat management’ structure is not all it’s cracked up to be, according to one of the developers fired from the studio earlier this year. Hardware hacker and former head of Valve’s hardware division Jeri Ellsworth has characterised secretive Valve’s purportedly utopian structure as masking ‘hidden management’ cliques that …
Read More »GREE to close UK office
Japanese mobile games firm GREE will pull out of the UK as it restructures its business across Europe. According to Tech Crunch UK the firm has proposed to shut down the team it was building in central London. Last summer the firm announced formal plans to open a UK office …
Read More »Microsoft’s London studio hires Channel 4 exec
Channel 4 Online business manager Jen Topping has joined Microsoft Soho Productions. Taking up the role of business manager for EMEA TV, Topping will work on building new TV content experiences for Xbox hardware.She will report to Soho Productions studio manage Brian Stone. I’ve had a great time at Channel …
Read More »Footballer concierge service targets games execs
A club designed to make the life of Premier League footballers that little bit easier is now reaching out to execs in the games industry. The Integrity Club performs a variety of tasks for footballers, from booking holidays and travel, to collecting mail, organising calendars, getting them into VIP parties …
Read More »OPINION: What’s the upside to this strange generation change?
Are publishers like EA, Ubisoft and Activision being smart by releasing their games as cross-generation titles this Christmas? I actually think they are hedging their bets for sales’ sake. E3 and its fallout has proven that this Christmas we’re due a transition with some unprecedented activity. We’ve never had such …
Read More »Three weeks left to lobby for the Games Media Awards 2013
Lobbying for this year’s Games Media Awards is well underway, with journalists, broadcasters, PRs, readers and viewers nominating their favourite writers for one of the sector’s top accolades. But there is still time to ensure that your voice is heard – you have until Friday July 26th to email gma@intentmedia.co.uk …
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