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Latest Develop 100 launched on July 26th in association with Ukie - hotlist also includes list of every single British studio
Read More »New UKIE office opens next week
Trade body UKIE will open its new London HQ on Monday – and games companies are welcome to use it themselves. The organisation is making its meeting rooms, hotdesk areas and more available to members for free, whether it’s for internal meetings or press launches. Non-members can also use it …
Read More »Valve coming to the UK?
Valve is looking at opening a UK office. The Steam giant is currently sounding out the UK development scene at the Develop in Brighton conference, and is looking at the potential viability of a UK office. UK developers could also work at its Seattle office or in a newly set …
Read More »Valve considers UK office after Luxembourg expansion
New European branch focusing on Steam, but could move into development
Read More »Tales of Xillia 2 getting PS3 release in 2014
Namco Bandai has announced a Western release date for RPG sequel Tales of Xillia 2. The PS3-exclusive RPG will be released in Europe and Australia in 2014. Which – obviously – means it arrives after the launch of PS4 at the end of the year. Tales of Xillia 2 is …
Read More »77PR wins Nintendo UK contract
London based agency 77PR has been appointed to handle Nintendo UK’s consumer lifestyle PR. The company previously worked with Nintendo on the Wii U’s launch in December 2012. From this point on it will also handle consumer press relations regarding game and hardware launches. Specialist and technology press enquiries will …
Read More »Recruiter Hot Seat: NaturalMotion Games
Talent manager Emma McGonigle tells us more about the tool and game maker
Read More »The Last of Us gets its second UK No.1
Sony’s PS3 exclusive The Last of Us has claimed its second successive UK No.1 in the UKIE Gfk ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. Sales fell 48 per cent compared to its debut week. There was a similar dip for Nintendo’s Animal Crossing (down 55 per cent) although its retains the …
Read More »New-look Xbox 360 available now… if you can find it
Microsoft last week announced a new-look redesigned Xbox 360 that we were told was available straight away. Have you seen one on the High Street yet? Because MCV hasn’t. Nor can it find anyone that has. In fact, after having a quick look online we found that just GAME and …
Read More »XBLA title State of Decay matches the UK’s ENTIRE physical market in one week
275,000 physical games were sold in the UK last week. Xbox Live title State of Decay sold 250,000 units in two days in the same week. It’s an observation made by UK journalist Lee Bradley and is one that perfectly illustrates the changing dynamics of the video game market. Of …
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