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Online retailer and technology firm Amazon is to open a new digital media innovation hub in the UK, it has revealed. To be based in London, the 47,000 square ft. centre will house teams of software development engineers, user interface experts and graphi designers. Employees at the studio will work …
Read More »GMA 2012: Judgement Day
Lobbying for this year’s Games Media Awards has now closed, with hundreds of individuals from across the games press – and broader industry – nominating the UK’s writers, mags, websites and more for one of the sector’s top accolades. Now it’s in the hands of the judges. As ever, the …
Read More »New website for Music Week
MCV’s sister site Music Week, the globally renowned b2b media brand at the heart of the music industry, has unveiled a brand new version of its websitewww.musicweek.com. The much needed overhaul comes less than a year after the brand was acquired by independent trade publisher Intent Media and follows a …
Read More »Social and mobile publisher 6waves backs London Games Conference
One of the leading social and smartphone games publishers has signed up to sponsor Novembers’ London Games Conference 2012. 6waves, responsible for popular titles like Astro Garden, Mystery Manor and Township has is Gold Partner of the event. LGC 2012 takes place on Wednesday, November 21st in central London, and …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Duncan leaves Sony, top jobs
In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, marketing director Alan Duncan leaves SCE UK and we look at the best job vacancies. Marketing director leaves Sony Alan Duncan has left SCE UK after almost 13 years at PlayStation UK. He began his career in the …
Read More »GMA Hall of Fame: Keza MacDonald
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, the best press trips they’ve attended and more. To kick it off this year, we …
Read More »PES 2013 demo hits July 25th
Konami announced today that the first playable demo of PES 2013 will be available on July 25th. The first demo will showcase new key features and lets gamers play with eight fully licensed teams. Available teams include England, Germany, Portugal, and Italy for European football and Santos FC, SC International, …
Read More »HMV stocking Teenage Cancer Trust iPhone covers
Entertainment retailer HMV is to stock a limited edition iPhone cover in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust. The iPhone cover is a soft touch case and is manufactured by HMV’s technology accessories supplier Griffin Technology. It will include the trust’s logo and will be sold in HMV’s 220 UK …
Read More »GMA 2012: Sega backs Games Writer of the Year
Sega is sponsoring the Games Writer of the Year category of this year’s Games Media Awards. The Games Writer of the Year Award has been introduced for 2012 to reward excellence in games journalism. All games journalists – specialist, non-specialist, print and online – can enter this category. Journalists simply …
Read More »The GMAs: How It All Works
Lobbying for the Games Media Awards has now opened, and we’ve already been inundated with emails. But in case you’re confused about how the process works, here’s step-by-step guide to winning one of the coveted GMAs… The lobbying period is open now and until July 20th. Anyone can lobby for …
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