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Multiplay has announced the return of consumer specialist games event, M Festival. M Festival Spring will take place at Stoneleigh Park from 10th to 13th April 2009. The festival will return to Stoneleigh Park after last year’s successful August event. Visitors to M Festival will be able to interact with …
Read More »MCV Salary Survey – How we worked it out
A number of readers who turn to our site alone for all their latest industry news rather than the print edition of MCV as well have this morning asked for more details on how we collated data and calculated the averages for our 2009 Games Industry Salary Survey. So, for …
Read More »How to get a job in… Games distribution
Distribution has gone through some drastic changes over the last six months, with the sad demise of EUK and Pinnacle. However, there are a number of new smaller distributors that offer their own unique service to a number of sectors in the marketplace. To begin with you need to look …
Read More »How to get a job in… Entertainment retail
HMV has been expanding into games over the past few years, which means we’ve also been recruiting more staff who can support our games offer. To sustain a specialist service you need specialist knowledge underpinned by a real passion for the product – so that’s our starting point for any …
Read More »How to get a job in… Games development
Let’s be honest: getting a job in games development isn’t easy. While the industry is fond of griping that there aren’t enough skilled people to go around, that doesn’t mean that they’ll hire anyone. But it’s certainly not impossible, so here’s some advice that should help… PROGRAMMINGThe industry is clamouring …
Read More »How to get a job in… Games publishing
We operate in a very close knit niche market which is very sociable and takes networking very seriously. We all know a lot of people, who know someone that we know and usually someone that knows our boss… which in itself causes concern when you are looking to move companies, …
Read More »Women earn more than men in the UK games industry
Who said the games industry was just a boys club? Whilst women are still a minority in the sector’s workforce, they are earning more than their male counterparts, according to research conducted by MCV. Average female annual salaries are 2,000 higher than the male wage, at 33,260. The data comes …
Read More »Eidos on verge of buyout?
Eidos has confirmed that it is in early talks for a potential acquisition of the publisher. The confirmation comes off the back of a share price jump for the Britsoft firm, which owns the Tomb Raider and Hitman IPs and a number of studios around the world. "The Board can …
Read More »EA Partners signs up Red Eagle
Red Eagle has signed up with EA Partners to produce games based on Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series. Under the agreement, Red Eagle will develop and publish games for consoles, PCs, handhelds and mobile platforms, including an MMO based on the themes, characters and world of The Wheel …
Read More »Sega Unleashed
What was the highlight of 2008 for Sega?Alan Pritchard: Mario and Sonic at The Olympic Games. With two million games sold, you can see how that was a big deal for us. John Clark: Agreed – we re-advertised this game, which was a first for Sega, and it has proved …
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