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In his opening keynote at the London Games Festival last night Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz shrugged off the Facebook goldfish. He warned that although companies are flocking to the social games space, specifically on Facebook, they are missing the point. Facebook games "continue to lose players" he said, saying the …
Read More »LGC 2010: New consoles wont save market slump
A fresh trio of game consoles released in the next few years won’t be enough to stop a seven-year slump in the games market, a leading games analyst has said. Screen Digest chief analyst Ben Keen said the game industry faced structural challenges”, with the UK sales not expected to …
Read More »LGC 2010: ‘Publishing business a roulette table – Reeves
The modern publishing business was tonight equated to a casino roulette wheel during an enlivening speech by Capcom Europe COO David Reeves. Reeves, once the SCEE boss, was one of an all-star panel at tonight’s London Games Conference at BAFTA. Naturally, he stole the crowd with his inimitable turn of …
Read More »LGC 2010: Zynga bigger than EU top five combined Hubertz
This year’s London Games Conference opened with a startling signal of how fast social game firm Zynga is growing. Heiko Hubertz, the CEO of international social firm Bigpoint, told a packed room of attendees that Zynga is a bigger company than the sum of five leading European equivalents. Gameforge, Jagex, …
Read More »London Games Conference: The liveblog
If you’re missing the London Games Conference later today, don’t dispair – MCV is providing an updated liveblog throughout the event, starting from 5pm.
Read More »Gaikai tempted by major US games site deal
Gaikai, the innovative and disruptive cloud gaming service, is close to securing a landmark deal with a USA gaming site”, the company’s co-founder has told MCV. Ahead of his speaker session tomorrow at the sold-out London Games Conference, Perry said the Gaikai beta may be run by one of the …
Read More »Government backs games at sold-out LGC
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey will reiterate Government support for the games industry later this week. In front of a full house at BAFTA’s Princess Anne Theatre, Vaizey will use the London Games Conference to discuss the crucial areas of future revenue and skills creation. He will also formally close this …
Read More »Is the set-top box revolution upon us?
Not so fast. YouView’s plan to launch an app store for the TV is emblematic of significant changes ahead. Clearly there’s a battle the three format-holders have seen coming. Their integrated channels for iPlayer, Sky and movie content are built to maintain an edge not just over each other, but …
Read More »Endemol inks The Money Drop gaming deal
Giant independent television production company Endemol has finalised a deal that will see its hugely popular quiz show The Money Drop sold to media outlets globally with a special game as part of the package. The online game that is key to the deal, crafted by digital gaming specialist Visiware, …
Read More »Nintendo’s new marketing
Yeah, it’s all the usual ‘Nintendo-y’ stuff: focus on players sat in inoffensive domestic environments and ‘normalise’ games. The new ads take that to the extreme – no mention of games until half-way in. Yet it also sends a subtle message. iPad, Move and Kinect want to erode Wii and …
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