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Don’t say we didn’t warn you: the deadline for nominations for this year’s 30 Under 30 is very close. It’s the end of play today, Tuesday 20th, in fact. Every year, MCV presents a list of the UK games market’s rising stars, and the 2009 edition of 30 Under 30 …
Read More »HMV launches High Street cinema
HMV will launch its first in-store cinema in London on Friday (October 23rd) – the first step in its re-birth as an ‘entertainment hub for popular culture’. The firm has partnered with Curzon Artificial Eye to launch a three-screen cinema above HMV’s Wimbledon Broadway store, dubbed HMVCurzon. If the trial …
Read More »RECOMMENDED EXTRA: Modern Warfare 2
MCV’s Recommended Extra dedicated to Activision’s Modern Warfare 2 is now available to read online. You can flick through the pages or download the whole thing as a PDF. As well as everything you need to know about the making and marketing of the game, there’s a chance to win …
Read More »Operation Healthcheck
There seems to be fewer companies in the mainstream space as every year goes by, be that in publishing, development or retail, even though the overall market size is bigger than any of us imagined five or so years ago. Which is why every time even a small publisher like …
Read More »UK’s media darlings hailed
Last night’s Games Media Awards proved to be something of a personal triumph for Pat Garratt. Eurogamer and Future didn’t do too badly, either. Videogaming247, launched by Garratt in partnership with the Eurogamer Network last year, won the Best Blog category, while the man himself was Best Specialist Writer, Online. …
Read More »Digital distribution conference sold-out
Some 230 key execs from the European games industry will attend a sold-out London Games Conference later this month. Only limited sponsorship and special case attendance slots remain open for the afternoon and evening event, which takes place at BAFTA, Piccadilly on Tuesday October 27th. The London Games Conference is …
Read More »Tesco App turns iPhone into a shop sat-nav
British grocery giant Tesco has released an iPhone App that lets users pinpoint where certain goods can be found within its fleet of stores. The free App asks users to type in a product name into their iPhone, to which the App returns a list of nearby stores stocking the …
Read More »Nintendo: WiiWare benefits retail
Nintendo has denied suggestions that its push into the digital download market has a negative impact on physical retail. On the contrary; Nintendo’s European boss Laurent Fischer gave our sister site Develop two main reasons why WiiWare benefits retailers. In an interview published today he said: The first is having …
Read More »BAFTA sets date, calls for entries
Next year’s BAFTA games awards will take place on a Friday night, featuring new categories across online and family. The consumer event, which publishers and developers have to pay to enter, returns to the Hilton, Park Lane on Friday March 19th. Early bird registration expires at the end of this …
Read More »30 Under 30 deadline nears
The deadline to send through suggestions for this year’s 30 Under 30 is very close. It’s just a week away, on Tuesday 20th, in fact. Every year, MCV presents a list of the UK games market’s rising stars, and the 2009 edition of 30 Under 30 is no different. This …
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