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The organisers of Gamescom 2012 have hailed the event’s success, while confirming the date for next year’s European expo. Gamescom 2013 will take place between 21st and 25th of August. Last week’s show was attended by over 275,000 visitors. Although this was the same as in 2011, the number of …
Read More »Maxwell leaves Future for Eurogamer
Simon Maxwell is to leave Future Publishing – to become publishing director at Eurogamer. Maxwell will leave his post as group publishing director of entertainment and be working at the Brighton-based Eurogamer from October 1st. He has been working at Future for 9 years, joining in 2003 after stints at …
Read More »IGN president quits, but will remain on the board
Roy Bahat, the president if IGN, has today resigned from his post. In an upbeat memo sent to all staff, he confirmed that he will remain on the board, but that CFO David Martin will become acting president. He said: "David has my and our Board’s full confidence. Before joining …
Read More »IN BRIEF: What’s Happened Today? (August 17th 2012)
We’ve got more news trickling out from this year’s Gamescom. Capcom has some big plans in the works for its new IP, Remember Me. The publisher is planning on working with developer Dontnod on turning it into a long-term brand. Bohemia Interactive spoke about its fears on fan blacklash when …
Read More »GAME OF THE DAY: Sleeping Dogs finally arrives
Square Enix sure has been busy strengthening its place in the Western market as today’s Game Of The Day shows. The company, famous for its catalogue of Japanese role playing games, has taken charge of some big western titles like Hitman, Deus Ex and Tomb Raider after merging with Eidos …
Read More »Ubisoft selling PC games for £1 via new digital distribution app
Key titles from Ubisoft’s back catalogue are on sale for 1 to promote its new digital distribution hub. At Gamescom yesterday the firm officially launched Uplay PC, a Steam- and Origin-a-like app that sells games and connects to the Uplay community and in-game achievements service. The Uplay service now has …
Read More »GMA Hall of Fame: Jonathan Pile
As we head towards this year’s Games Media Awards on Thursday October 18th, we look back at previous winners to find out what winning meant to them, what advice they’d give to rookie games journalist, their favourite writers and more. This week, we speak to Jonathan Pile, news editor of …
Read More »Ubisoft using core franchises for free-to-play push
Three big PC brands are spearheading Ubisoft’s push into free-to-play. The firm told MCV at Gamescom in Germany that it can use core games brands with freemium models to attract new audiences. The Ghost Recon, Might & Magic and Anno series are first up. At Gamescom this week, the firm …
Read More »Kairosoft’s latest Café Nipponica makes our iPhones happy
GAME OF THE DAY: If you played any mobile games in 2010 then you’d have most likely came across Kairosoft‘s incessantly addictive title Game Dev Story. The Japanese developer has since released over 15 simulation-focused titles in English on both Android and iOS platforms. The games range from building new …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Activision’s Peter Hepworth and Michael Sportouch
Activision now claims to have not one, but two of the biggest franchises in games, serving two very different audiences. MCV asked European VP Michael Sportouch and UK & Ireland MD Peter Hepworth if Call of Duty and Skylanders can keep growing in the face of a pressured retail market …
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