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There’s been a reshuffle at Eurogamer parent Gamer Network. Former group publishing director Simon Maxwell has become chief operating officer having been at the company for less than a year. David Lilley has become MD of Gamer Events while John Benyamine is now VP of US content, taking on responsibility …
Read More »Sony’s Jim Ryan and Fergal Gara talk PS4 in the latest MCV
The MCV team have returned from E3 to reveal the true winner of the show and dictaphone filled with interviews. For our first issue back, we have put together a full and detailed interview with Sony Computer Entertainment’s Jim Ryan and Fergal Gara about PS4, Vita and continued support for …
Read More »Games media’s ‘Big Four’ gorge on sensational E3
The real winner of E3 wasn’t one of the squabbling console manufacturers – but the hundreds of journalists writing about them. UK games media sites saw massive audience spikes during last week’s expo. IGN UK, Eurogamer, CVG and GameSpot UK all told MCV that the two new consoles drove excitement …
Read More »Eurogamer bans booth babes from future Expos
The MD of Eurogamer has stated that booth babes will be banned from future Eurogamer Expo events. The issue was thrust into the spotlight over the weekend when concerns were raised over the presence of Virgin Gaming booth babes at last week’s well received Eurogamer Expo. Each had a QR …
Read More »MEDIA SPECIAL: Web masters
What defines a games journalist these days? If it is a person that reports on the industry, that reviews games, that gets press passes to consumer shows and carries business cards, the term can encompass thousands of teens and students that have their own website, podcast or YouTube channel. Joe …
Read More »Maxwell leaves Future for Eurogamer
Simon Maxwell is to leave Future Publishing – to become publishing director at Eurogamer. Maxwell will leave his post as group publishing director of entertainment and be working at the Brighton-based Eurogamer from October 1st. He has been working at Future for 9 years, joining in 2003 after stints at …
Read More »GMA Hall of Fame: Rupert Loman
As we head towards this year’s Games Media Awards on Thursday October 18th, we look back at previous winners to find out what winning meant to them, what advice they’d give to rookie games journalist, the best press trips they’ve attended and more. This week, we speak to Rupert Loman, …
Read More »Virgin Media sponsors Eurogamer Expo
Eurogamer Expo has signed Virgin Media as its headline sponsor. The broadband specialists will be showing off its services at the event, while current Virgin Media customers will have access to discounted tickets and early access to the event. Virgin Media will also get a year-long presence across Eurogamer’s network …
Read More »2011 REVIEW: GAMEfest vs Eurogamer
September marked the battle of the consumer events, with Eurogamer facing off against GAME. It began at BAFTA’s video game awards in March, when the retailer announced GAMEfest would take place in Birmingham NEC between September 16th to 18th. One week before Eurogamer Expo. Eurogamer MD Rupert Loman told MCV …
Read More »New look for Eurogamer
Popular UK-based consumer games site Eurogamer.net has gone live with its brand new look. Launching simultaneously in ten languages, the site has been designed with three different versions now available – an HD mode for normal PC-based browsing as well as both portable and mobile versions. Much of the homepage …
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