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Games retailers across EMEA regions say they are facing bankruptcy – and it’s all our fault. Low UK game pricing has caused a sharp rise in importing amongst consumers around the globe, damaging local sales. Foreign indie stores are following suit, and buying stock in bulk from the UK. This …
Read More »Develop 100 UK studio hotlist survey ends Friday
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Read More »PS4 WILL arrive in UK this year – report
Sony will not delay the launch of the PS4 in Europe, a new report has claimed. In February it was reported that PS4 would follow its predecessor’s lead by landing in Japan first and then rolling out in Europe after Christmas. This is not so, according to CVG, which cites …
Read More »Surviving the big thaw
Rick Gibson asks if British studios will thrive now spring is here
Read More »Dead Island Riptide makes it a hat-track of UK No.1’s
Deep Silver’s Dead Island Riptide remains at the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the second game of 2013 to claim the top spot for three weeks in succession after 2K Games’ BioShock Infinite, and does so despite sales tumbling 55 per cent week on …
Read More »April sales stumble as blockbusters dry up
Just 1.58m boxed games were sold last month in the UK, as the number of major launches dwindle. It’s a drop of 21.6 per cent over the same period in 2012. And over 1m fewer games were sold in April compared to March. The boxed software sector generated 37.8m in …
Read More »Govt plans new consumer rights laws for digital games
Users could be able to claim money back for faulty or inaccessible online content and apps
Read More »Children spending £30m a month on unauthorised IAPs
28 per cent of parents unaware their children had spent their money without permission
Read More »Next Develop 100 set to name all UK studios
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Read More »Osborne undeterred by Europe scrutiny of UK games tax breaks
UK Chancellor George Osborne and Culture minister Ed Vaizey said that an EC investigation will not stop games tax breaks. The pair were speaking at a special British Film Commission event for the launch of creative sector tax breaks for TV and animation. While TV and animation legislation is being …
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