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Square Enix president and CEO Yoichi Wada has a visionary plan to cope with the digital transition, should the static games console become irrelevant. Last week, Square Enix unveiled Core Online, a brand new HD games streaming service for browsers. The service has back catalogue titles available free-to-play with a …
Read More »Marvelous start as Japanese firm re-releases Half-Minute Hero on PC
Marvelous AQL has announced the upcoming PC release of Half-Minute Hero – and the game will mark the first digital game from its new European team. The Japanese publisher is a serious player in the digital games space in Japan, but is now hoping to build a similar business in …
Read More »JOBS IN GAMES: Commercial Director career profile
MCV’s Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, aims to cover all aspects of gaming careers – from entry level roles to the upper echelons. Commercial directors are often mentioned among the latter, so we speak to IGN’s Adam Hopkinson to find out what this position actually involves: How …
Read More »MEDIA SPECIAL: The social club
It’s easy to assume community managers just sit on Facebook all day, but with social media increasingly becoming the new mainstay of the games media PR machine, they do much more. Community management is about creating a two-way conversation between a young, busy and cluttered fanbase and translating it to …
Read More »PES 2013 gets September 21st release date – beating FIFA 13 by a week
Konami has finally locked in a release date for PES 2013 on PS3, PC and 360 – the game is out in just two weeks, on September 21st. And yep, that’s just a week before the arrival of EA’s rival game, FIFA 13. PES 2013 has been reclaiming ground lost …
Read More »JOBS IN GAMES: Why you should go indepedent
Throughout this month, MCV will be talking to recruitment agencies and established industry players as part of our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM. But James Dance, founder of Cornish retro games cafe Loading, says there’s alternative ways to get a career in games that don’t require these …
Read More »JOBS IN GAMES: The other half of the games media
We’re only three days into our month-long Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, but already interest is peaking around opportunities in the games media. But while the vast majority of readers may aspire to follow an editorial career path, GameSpot account manager Chris Thomas says there’s an even …
Read More »JOBS IN GAMES: Strategy Director career profile
Our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, continues to explore the various career paths open to those in the games industry. Today, we talk to Alex Croft, who is Gem’s Group Strategy Development Director – but what does that even mean? How would you summarise your role?Very broad …
Read More »JOBS IN GAMES: Recruitment Agencies – "We’re not dead yet"
Continuing our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, Aardvark Swift’s managing director Ian Goodall explains why the rise of social media will not kill off recruitment agencies. Social Media… Internal Recruiters: Is this the end of the road for Recruitment Agencies? We’re in a recession; companies are under …
Read More »JOBS IN GAMES: Staff Writer career profile
All this month, we’ll be publishing a series of articles in association with OPM exploring the world of video games careers. As part of this, we’re putting together a collection of profiles on some of the most coveted positions in the industry. First up, countless bloggers and members of the …
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