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Holy sales, Batman! Arkham Knight has beaten The Witcher 3 to become this year’s biggest launch to date. Bandai Namco’s RPG previously saw the biggest first week of 2015 when it launched back in May, holding onto the chart top spot for three weeks until it was deposed by The …
Read More »UK is named partner country for Gamescom
The UK is once again the official partner country for Gamescom 2015. We have been the partner country for Gamescom before, but back then only a handful of big UK companies went. It’s a lot better these days with the help of UKIE and its rather large stand. That will …
Read More »The Elder Scrolls Online is the second biggest launch of the year to date
Bethesda is top of the charts for the first time in over a year with The Elder Scrolls Online. The firm’s last No.1 was Wolfenstein: The New Order, which debuted at No.1 for the week ending May 24th 2014. The Elder Scrolls Online came out last April for PC, with …
Read More »Peter Molyneux to speak at Guildford G3 games expo in July
A free networking expo will take place next month, aiming to showcase the games talent in and around Guildford. The town counts among its residents No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games, EA, LittleBigPlanet creator Media Molecule, Fable outlet Lionhead, Godus firm 22cans, Supermassive Games and Ubisoft. Set for the evening …
Read More »King’s Rob Miller and EA’s Shaun Campbell join UKIE Board
Trade body UKIE has made some new additions to its Board of directors. The firm has added EA UK country manager Shaun Campbell to its Board, alongside Rob Miller, Candy Crush company King’s chief legal office and corporate secretary. The duo replace EA’s Keith Ramsdale and Preloaded’s Kate Booth, both …
Read More ȣ14m to be spent making first wave of UK tax breaks games
19 games receive final certification in first year, 48 for interim certification
Read More »UKIE celebrates budget’s promise of increased games industry support
UK Chancellor George Osborne has in today’s budget promised increased tax credit support for the games industry. Later details revealed that 4m will be provided over four years in the form of a Prototype Fund, along with a further 4m for the Skills Investment Fund. Games industry tax relief was …
Read More »PEGI launches on Google Play
PEGI age ratings will now be displayed on games sold on the Google Play store. It is part of PEGI’s roll-out onto digital platforms via The International Age Rating Coalition (IARC). The Coalition allows developers to submit their game to one group, and obtain an age rating for multiple markets …
Read More »UK industry stand brings 35 firms to GDC
Trade body UKIE hosts mix of leading British developers and service firms in San Francisco
Read More »Opinion: Games are under-represented in official statistics, but we can fix it
Last week’s MCV and UKIE figures valuing the market for games in the UK showed a growth once more in consumer hunger for games. The consumer market grew by 13 per cent, reaching 3.944bn in 2014, almost on par with its value in 2008. The strength and geographical spread of …
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