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Intent Media’s Sourcebook is back this July. The annual guide to the leading service companies operating within the European games industry will have a print circulation of 20,000 copies. An online version will be promoted all year via MCV, Develop, CasualGaming.biz, PCR, and Mobile Entertainment. The sectors this year’s guide …

Foreign Media Games has secured a new distribution deal with Advantage. The distributor will now exclusively handle the publisher’s titles in the UK throughout 2010 and beyond. We’ve been very impressed with Foreign Media Games’ commitment to the UK,” said Advantage’s general manager Max Butler (pictured). The investment in product …

UK media publisher Future has announced a fresh bout of reorganisation in its video games team. Former associate publisher Lee Nutter has been promoted to publisher and adds print magazines GamesMaster and Nitro to his responsibilities, which already include Future’s Nintendo portfolio. Meanwhile, group publisher for console and online Simon …

Britain’s largest independent music publisher Chrysalis is to focus on the games industry following the completion of an 11m acquisition of First State Media Group. The deal sees it win the rights to some 45,000 songs from a diverse range of artists, and Chrysalis says it hopes to make its …

The UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport has revealed to Develop more details on Labour’s plan for game development tax breaks. The culture department said that UK game tax break system will be a customised version of the existing tax system for the film industry. It will be consulted …

The London MCM Expo has formed an official media partnership with leading UK trade publication, MCV. MCV will be present at both the May and October events, and will host an exclusive trade lounge – a private area for publishers to meet with industry guests. MCM Expo is delighted to …

Nick Gibson predicts a future where games dominate the entertainment media landscape

Reports are surfacing that IGN has made significant lay-offs to its main U.S. operation. Joystiq has published an internal memo sent by News International-owned IGN president Roy Bahat announcing layoffs. It does not detail the number of staff affected, although it does state that the company is "doing well". The …

Emerging UK games force Foreign Media Games is to publish Casual Mania – its second release in the region – on DS next month. The game bundles four established casual game types into a varied handheld collection – hidden object (Mystery Case Files), marble popping (Zuma), match-3 (Bejeweled) and time …

Media giant and powerhouse IP stable Disney has insisted that it won’t release video games based on its popular movie licenses as a matter of routine – instead, it will only do so when the gaming release serves a proven sector of the market. For instance, the next big theatrical …