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Respondez will serve as this year’s Award Partner for the MCV Awards. Respondez has been engaged in delivering customer service to the games industry for over 10 years," said Jay Patel, Respondez director. "We have seen the huge importance of service excellence and how this translates to game perception and …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015 – have you got your ticket yet?
There are still seven weeks to go, but just a handful of tables and tickets are left for April 16th’s MCV Awards. Standard tables are now sold out with just a handful of gold tables left plus single tickets. So be quick if you want to secure your place at …
Read More »OPM latest firm to partner with MCV Awards 2015
Recruitment partner OPM has signed on as Gift Partner for this year’s MCV Awards. "We are happy to sponsor the MCV Awards again this year," said Kim Parker Adcock, OPM managing director. "It is always a fantastic event so we’re just proud to be involved. "Good luck to all nominees …
Read More »Steam now has 125m active users
Steam has surpassed 125 million active users and is home to more than 4,500 games, Valve has announced. The figure is a dramatic rise from the 100m users announced in September 2014, meaning the digital store has been picking up some 5m users each month. Fresh figures from the Steam …
Read More »MCV’s five-a-side championship returns on May 21st
The Games 5s five-a-side tournament is back on May 21st after its successful revival last year. The contest will pitch teams from games publishers, developers, retailers, media and elsewhere in the business against each other. Last year, Testology walked home with the winner’s cup – have you got what it …
Read More »SteelBook firm Scanavo partners with this year’s MCV Awards
The manufacturer of SteelBook products, Scanavo, will serve as Table Gift Partner for this year’s MCV Awards. We at Scanavo are excited to experience how well the SteelBook concept has been adopted by the new console era," said Mads Buch Nielsen, international area sales manager for the packaging specialist. "We …
Read More »Green Man Gaming signs as MCV Awards 2015 Event Partner
Green Man Gaming has announced its support for this year’s MCV Awards celebration, signing on as Event Partner. "The MCV Awards are a highlight in the industry calendar, and we are once again very proud to be a partner, helping to celebrate the very best of UK games and retail,” …
Read More »IN PICTURES: Women of the Year Awards 2015
Yesterday’s inaugural Women of the Year Awards saw MCV’s Top 100 Women in Games celebrate three outstanding members of the games industry. Taking place at the Ham Yard Hotel in London, the Women of the Year Awards handed out three key accolades for Ambassador, Pioneer and Creative Impact. Margaret Pearson …
Read More »Licensing.biz introduces the People Awards
Do you know a rising star of the licensing business? Have you worked with a team at a particular licensor that has made creating product a dream? Or a retail buying team that has just ‘got’ what you’re trying to do with your product? Well, MCV’s sister title Licensing.biz is …
Read More »Last chance to book for tomorrow’s Women of the Year awards
A handful of tickets are still available for our Women of the Year awards, which takes place tomorrow (February 19th). Earlier this month we revealed our Top 100 Women in Games– and has proven to be one of the most popular features we’ve published. Three influential people from the list …
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