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The lead designer behind BioWare’s MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic has quit the studio. Revealing the news on twitter, Daniel Erickson appeared to hit out and those in the industry who believe social, mobile and free-to-play was the future for many titles. No reason was given for his departure. …
Read More »FIFA 13 sells 4.5m in five days – making it year’s biggest game yet
This week’s million-selling UK superhit continues to impress on the global stage. EA last night announced that FIFA 13 has now sold 4.5 million copies worldwide. In just five days. By EA’s reasoning that makes it the ‘biggest video game of 2012’, and so far that’s not wrong. (We’re sure …
Read More »Söderlund: The day EA stops doing new IP is the day we go on life support
INTERVIEW:Patrick Soderlund is not your usual EA exec. While the likes of Riccitiello and Moore are famously focused, fierce and have an FMCG background, the Swedish label boss worked his way up from a role at developer DICE, acquired by EA in 2006, to eventually oversee all of the EA …
Read More »UK Gov asks: What makes a game ‘British’?
The UK government has today opened the call for industry feedback on its imminent tax break for games economic policy. In the March 2012 Budget UK chancellor George Osborne announced that the Government will introduce corporation tax reliefs for the animation, high-end television and video games industries from April 2013. …
Read More »JOBS IN GAMES: Audio Director career profile
Our last career profile, rounding off our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, looks at the world of video game development. Specifically, we look at working with sound as we talk to audio director Mathias Grunwaldt, Audio Director at Swedish studio EA Gothenburg. How would you summarise your …
Read More »Celebrating 30 years of CentreSoft
MCV has put together a special supplement honouring three decades of the long-running UK distributor. You can download the 16-page special by clicking here. A true stalwart of the UK video games channel, the Birmingham distributor made its first delivery in 1982, the same year that the Commodore 64 home …
Read More »JOBS IN GAMES: What NOT to do in a job interview
As our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, draws to a close, we turn our attention to the ever-intimidating job interview. There are countless guides out there on what to do, how to act, and how to prepare. But it’s far more important to be aware of the …
Read More »London Games Festival starts today – here’s the key events for your diary
The London Games Festival was officially launched last night – here’s our guide to all the key events taking place as part of this month’s long celebration of games culture. Today BAFTA Annual Lecture with Hideo Kojima7:00pm, BAFTA, 195 PiccadillyAcclaimed video game director Hideo Kojima will deliver this year’s BAFTA …
Read More »Skylanders gets the Mega Bloks treatment
Mega Brands will bring the popular blind format to the world of jigsaws when it launches its new Skylanders Giants Blind Pack puzzles this October. In the Mega Puzzles line an assortment of six jigsaws are available and each one features a mystery character for kids to discover. The brand …
Read More »JOBS IN GAMES: PR Account Manager career profile
MCV’s Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, takes another look at some of the most coveted positions in the UK games industry. Today, we get an insight into the world of PR as we catch up with Lunch PR’s senior account manager Kayleigh Watson. How would you summarise …
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