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Simon Maxwell has been promoted to group publishing director responsible for entertainment (games and film) brands at Future Publishing. A memo to staff from Future UK MD Mark Wood sent last week said Maxwell will be responsible for leading the multi-channel expansion of our brands in this group, in particular …
Read More »Miniclip joins LGC line-up
Popular kids games site Miniclip has been added to the London Games Conference speaker roster. The site’s Chris Bergstresser, VP and commercial director, is the latest to join a session where digital developers will share best practice and advice. Other speakers in the session include GoG.com and PopCap. Miniclip joins …
Read More »OPINION: The FIFA success story
The triumph of FIFA 12 tells us a number of things about how the games market has changed in 2011. This year’s game made over a third more revenue than last year’s instalment in its launch week. Chart-Track data has that down to a higher RRP and focus on 360 …
Read More »GMA 2011 FINALISTS: Games Blog
There are just three weeks to go until the biggest night of the year for the UK’s games media. In the run-up to the big event on Wednesday October 26th at Vinopolis, we’re providing a series of features profiling those media brands and individuals in the running for an award. …
Read More »Ubisoft’s Uplay still going strong
Ubisoft launched its own social network, Uplay with the release of Assassin’s Creed II. It’s a layer that runs over the likes of Xbox Live and PSN, and offers players of Ubi titles the chance to use achievements to unlock in-game freebies. Uplay has been a relatively quiet part of …
Read More »ANALYSIS: (On)Live and Kicking
Pundits will have you believe the next generation of games hardware won’t arrive until 2013 or later. However last week, at 12.01am on September 22nd, a fifth home gaming format was activated: cloud gaming service OnLive. At its most basic form this one needs no hardware, no discs, no physical …
Read More »Vita downloads capped at 20MB
Vita owners with a 3G connection will have a 20mb limit on downloads, an SCEJ spokesperson has said. In an interview with Ascii, (translated by Andriasang), the rep said that despite the initial 3G limitations, this might change in the future. The spokesman added that it is providing support to …
Read More »eBay profits from iPhone 4 sell-off
Auction site eBay looks set to benefit from a surge of sales of second hand Apple iPhone 4s as Apple fans look to sell off their old model ahead of the expected announcement of the iPhone 5 tomorrow. In the US third party companies have been offering a blanket $250 …
Read More »Allure announces big changes with Danny Allen as the new publisher
Danny Allen has replaced Seamus Byrne as the publisher at Allure Media, and has revealed a new editorial lineup of top Australian journalists at Kotaku. The site’s established editor Mark Serrels remains at the helm, while Logan Booker (founding editor of Kotaku Australia and former editor of Atomic) is the …
Read More »Brisbane 48 hour game-making challenge starts today
The Independ Game Developers’ Association (IGDA) is kicking off the 48 hour game-making challenge in Brisbane today as part of the Emulator event. The event runs from 30th September through to 2nd October, and has 16 indie teams and 4 pro league teams signed on to compete to see who …
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