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Empire owner Silverstar Holdings has finally broken its silence on the company’s collapse, with an email circulated to staff in the past few hours confirming that administrators will be appointed soon. The internal memo, acquired by MCV, attempts to downplay the story we broke on Friday that the company was …
Read More »Eidos promotes Ian Livingstone
Ian Livingstone OBE has been promoted by new Eidos owners Square Enix to the role of Life President, MCV can reveal. Livingstone moves up from his position as Creative Director at the firm. He told MCV this afternoon: "My new role entails being the spokesperson for the Eidos group, dealing …
Read More »ESA challenges pathological addiction study
The Entertainment Software Association has hit back at a contentious study which recently concluded that 8.5 percent of young gamers are pathologically addicted to their hobby. In an open letter, ESA CEO Michael Gallagher claims that the study was based on flawed methodology”, and has asked science journal Psychological Science …
Read More »Square: Japans game industry almost xenophobic
As Square Enix expands its presence in the west with the 84.3 million acquisition of Eidos, global president Yoichi Wada has criticised Japan’s development culture for being too inwardly-focused. In the last five to 10 years, the Japanese games industry has become a closed environment, with no new people coming …
Read More »Empire staffs anger grows over dreadful circumstances
Employees of Empire Interactive are experiencing ‘dreadful circumstances’ as the company drags its feet over confirming their fate. MCV broke the news on Friday that the firm had fallen into administration, and that all staff are expected to be made redundant this week. One employee told us: On Friday, MCV …
Read More »Congratulations to the MCV Awards 09 winners
In the interests of fairness, we should also invite Microsoft, Gamestation Birmingham New Street, Rockstar North, HMV, Centresoft, Sony, Play.com and the managers of GAME Oxford Street to take a few bouquets. Winning at the MCV Awards is a huge achievement. Fighting through to become a Finalist and then gain …
Read More »Majesco’s March
What has led Majesco to go direct?We’ve got the best ever line-up of games in our current portfolio in terms of breadth, quality and potential. We felt it was time for us to be completely responsible for those from day one – I think 100 per cent focus is the …
Read More »Xbox concerned by Q4-addicted trade
Microsoft’s European marketing boss for Xbox has questioned the continued concentration on Q4 and Christmas by publishers. David Gosen told MCV that he was concerned by the seasonality” of the UK trade – and called on suppliers to take more risks when choosing release dates for major titles. We still …
Read More »Bethesda cited as salvager of A2Ms forgotten Wet
Maryland-based group Bethesda Softworks has been cited as the new publisher of A2M’s forgotten acrobatic shooter, Wet. Wet – still in development at A2M’s offices in Canada – was one of numerous titles thought to have fallen victim to the Vivendi-Activision merger. Having lost its publisher for nearly a year, …
Read More »MCV Awards 09: GamesAid winners
Gamesaid organisers have thanked attendees at this year’s MCV Awards for their excellent support of a fund-raising raffle. A total of 1,325 was raised on the night and it is hoped that people will now feel encouraged to add Gamesaid ideas to their own industry events going forward. The raffle …
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