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Monday December 3rd 2012 was officially the busiest ever online shopping day in the UK. Retail Gazette reports that a total of 112m visits to retail websites were made on the day – a year-on-year increase of 32 per cent and the biggest ever single day number. eBay was the …
Read More »Black Ops claims 4th No.1 as Wii U software dips in UK charts
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II is the UK’s best selling game for the fourth week in a row. The busy festive shopping period sees sales of the title slip just 15 per cent. It’s only the fourth game to spend four consecutive weeks at No.1 this year, with …
Read More »UK studio Eurocom closed after 25 years
Eurocom, the British developer behind the latest James Bond game, has gone into administration. The developer, based in Derby, made150 redundancies last monthfollowing a number of cancelled console projects. Its remaining 50 staff were told this morning that they had been laid off. Eurocom issued a statement toEurogamerthis afternoon: Today …
Read More »Eurocom shuts its doors amid financial pressure
25-year-old studio behind James Bond titles goes into administration
Read More »November game sales struggle as retailers bank on late Christmas
UK retailers made 211.3m from video game sales last month. That’s a big number, a jump of 154 per cent over October. But unfortunately the market is still tracking behind 2011.In terms of revenue, UK physical game sales were down 22.2 per cent year-on-year last month. In terms of units, …
Read More »GREE targets UK market
GREE is keen to conquer the UK, the leading mobile and social games firm told MCV. The Japanese publisher opened a UK studio in London earlier this year. It is working on five titles, including a Moshi Monsters game, which it hopes will help it win over UK gamers. The …
Read More »"UK eSports needs more investment"
Professional gaming in the UK is lagging behind its rivals in Asia, the US and Europe in terms of sponsorship, says eSports specialist Multiplay. The firm says that eSports is as popular in the UK as it is in other territories, but it’s not generating the same commercial attention. And …
Read More »Kickstarter UK attracts £2m in first month in UK
More than 2 million has been pledged to UK creators on Kickstarter. The crowdfunding servicelaunched in the UK a month ago, and so far 2,069,164 ($3.33 million) has been pledged. Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler and data engineer Fred Benenson released data about its first month in ablog post. 45,799 backers …
Read More »Â£2m pledged on Kickstarter UK in first month
London leads the number of projects started
Read More »UK Chancellor to detail tax breaks this Wednesday
Games industry relief structure expected to be detailed Autumn Statement. What do you want?
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