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Develop investigates a new era of games financing

GamesAid’s latest fundraising venture has been revealed – a UK games industry choir. The group will give its first performance at the GamesAid Christmas Concert, which takes place on Wednesday December 19th at St Stephen’s, Rosslyn Hill. Tickets cost 20 per adult and 10 for under 16s and are available …

Call of Duty: Black Ops II’s official UK launch event will take place at HMV’s Oxford Street store next Monday (November 12th). A 1,000 strong audience is expected, all of whom will receive goody bags. Treyarch developers will be on hand to sign copies of the game and a ‘Zombie …

It will impossible to escape the launch of Halo 4 this week as the Xbox team prepares its most ambitious campaign to date. Master Chief’s latest adventure – released tomorrow (November 6th) – will be supported by the biggest out of house budget Xbox UK has ever spent on a …

It may be the industry buzzword of the moment, but freemium games still have a long way to go before they take down retail. 216m will be generated in the UK by virtual goods sold in games such as FarmVille (pictured), League of Legends and World of Tanks, research firm …

Kickstarter, the most popular vehicle for crowdfunding games development projects, is now available in the UK. Whereas previously UK-based developers could only pledge, but not create projects, now they can seek funding on the platform. The move has be widely welcomed by UK studios of every size, who have until …

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Popular crowdfunding platform now available for UK-based projects

Develop investigates the burgeoning game development scene in the UK's Western counties

Trade body wants games' cultural test to be on par with the film industry