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Merchandiser expands to include businesses of "all shapes and sizes"
Read More »Numskull Designs launches new trade portal website
Deadline for Games London Slush trade mission ends Tuesday 10th October
Make sure you get your submissions in by 11.59pm for the opportunity to join in with the outbound trade mission to the Helsinki technology event
Read More »Devs ask UK government to protect worldwide games trade following Brexit
UKIE survey reinforces importance of access to high-skilled talent from EU
Read More »Valve will now stop banned players from trading games on Steam
Update to Valve Anti-Cheat and Game Ban system means that cheating users will no longer be able to dodge bans by gifting titles to new accounts
Read More »TIGA warns games industry’s growth ‘could be held back’ by Brexit
‘It is important that policy makers ensure games companies have access to sufficient finance, benefit from Video Games Tax Relief and R&D Tax Relief, clear and stable IP rights, and can access highly skilled people from outside of the UK’
Read More »Which console is dominating festive ad space in 2015?
Generation Media account executive Joseph Phelan takes a look at which games are pulling ahead in the race for Q4 TV advertising presence Q4 is at the halfway point and the plethora of triple-A titles is not easing up as Christmas fast approaches. Generation Media has looked at the Top …
Read More »‘Find a new audience by looking outside of games’
Phuong Nguyen, head of eBay Advertising, discusses how games brands can utilise online insight to find new shopping groups Its ready-made customer base of digital natives means the games industry is ideally placed to capitalise on the power of online marketing campaigns, but many struggle to connect with new, relevant …
Read More »Mastertronic enters administration
UK games publisher Mastertronic has entered administration. The firm says a deal is in place to buy the assets of the business and retain the existing team. However, MD Andy Payne will no-longer be involved. Mastertronic applied for a CVA in July 2014 to avoid a winding-up order. At that …
Read More »What’s in a GAME? We go inside the retailer’s Westfield Stratford store
GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs takes MCV on a tour of the company’s flagship Westfield Stratford outlet, and reveals the latest innovations taking place in games retail BRINGING TOYS TO LIFE We make three times the margin on accessories in terms of total value than we do on hardware. We spend …
Read More »Koch Media and Codemasters partner for global distribution deal
Koch Media and Codemasters have inked a new distribution and co-publishing deal to cover the western games market. Beginning in 2016, the former firm will replace Bandai Namco as the sole distributor for Codemasters titles in EMEA. The collaboration also means that Koch Media will exclusively co-publish Codemasters games in …
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