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Lobbying for this year’s Games Media Awards in association with Grainger Gameshas now closed, with some 800 nominating their favourite mags, websites and more for one of the sector’s top accolades. Now it’s all in the hands of the judges. As ever, the winners will be voted for by members …
Read More »Koch Media Italy announces key appointments
The former commercial and marketing director of Blockbuster Italia has been named as the country manager of Koch Media Italy as the company prepares for life from its new Milan office. Another new face, Antonio Marcella, will take charge of sales at the division. He joins from THQ where he …
Read More »Rebekah Brooks appoints Bell Pottinger boss
The high-profile executive at the centre of the News of the World phone-tapping controversy has appointed the boss of Nintendo’s UK PR firm to handle her media needs going forwards. BrandRepublic reports that Bell Pottinger boss David Wilson will handle all press enquiries for Brooks following her arrest at the …
Read More »IGN appoints games editor
Keza MacDonald has joined IGN UK as games editor. She will start on Monday, June 13th and report to UK editor-in-chief Alex Simmons. MacDonald is a highly experienced games journalist, having written for The Observer, Edge, Eurogamer, Official Nintendo and VG247. She has also acted as a consultant for ad …
Read More »CVG and Edge redesigned in time for E3 2011
Future will reveal brand new designs for its CVG and Edge websites on June 1st. The sites arrive ahead of a revamped Edge magazine. The publication now boasts improved paper quality, a different page size and will be longer. The new look issue, which launches on June 7th, has 212 …
Read More »AntiGrav Levels Up
LevelUp gaming accessories will now be released in the UK through AntiGrav Media. The UK firm has signed an exclusive distribution deal with LevelUp, which is run by US-based Whalen Furniture Manufacturing. It specialises in gaming storage products for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DS, Rock Band and more. We have …
Read More »Portal 2 forces world to lose perspective
"Did you hear that?" news anchor Brigida Mack is heard to say having just witnessed the shocking moment that one leading video game chose to launch a scathing attack on the world’s adopted children. Be warned though – considering this statement without putting it into any sense of perspective can …
Read More »PES improvements ‘are beginning to be noticed’
Having told MCV that the process of rebuilding the PES franchise is a long one, Konami’s Pete Stone has also claimed that some of the series’ recent improvements have gone largely unnoticed. Konami believes the media has yet to catch up with the game’s actual improvements and that it is …
Read More »IGN Germany signs MediaXP deal
IGN Entertainment has announced a partnership with MediaXP to publish IGN Germany. The European games media group will take control of the day-to-day running for the site, mixing bespoke German-language editorial and video content with localised pieces from the IGN teams in the US, UK and Australia. MediaXP will also …
Read More »CVG launches W.R.O.N.G. campaign
Barely a day passes by without at least one factually inaccurate or absurd story about video games appearing in the mainstream press. It happens all the time. And consumer site CVG has had enough. Today the site launches what it is calling the W.R.O.N.G. campaign – that is Witless and …
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