Media & PR

UK trade body says two organisations must work together â??on key issuesâ?? industry faces

Research firm DFC Intelligence estimates that the European market for digital game content is expected to grow to €3.3 billion in the next five years. The company will be presenting more details on this and other findings from a new report – Monetizing the European Market for Virtual Currency – …

Trade association UKIE has called on publishers to sign-up to its download chart for PC games. The body has already seen leading publishers sign up, including EA, Focus Multimedia, Kalypso Media, Mastertronic, NCSoft, Sega, Sony DADC, THQ, Square Enix, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. A close-beta trial is currently underway, however, …

What’s your favourite games website? Who’s your favourite writer? What’s the games media’s most important role? Is print dead? These are just a few of the questions MCV put to some of the biggest names in the sector as part of this week’s Media Special. Contributors include Jim Rossignol (RPS), …

Winning developers to have their new game announced at Gamescom, ahead of a lucrative marketing blitz

Negotiations for a merger between Britain’s two biggest game trade bodies have broken down, Develop can reveal. Tiga will today issue a statement to the press claiming it is no longer considering a merger with UKIE. It appears that Tiga, the association for developers, was the group most interested in …

Mobile Entertainment man takes his place alongside scribes from BBC, Engadget and Mashable

Analyst firm wants to partner with fellow members

The media furore surrounding HMV has been overwhelming. You can certainly understand why. A number of stores are to be closed, Christmas takings were lower than expected and credit limits are being reviewed. The last big music specialist is fighting for its life and for the national press it makes …

Veteran game studio boss Peter Molyneux is next in line for the BAFTA Fellowship, the organisation has said. Molyneux follows a prestigious line of Fellowship award winners, from Shigeru Miyamoto to Will Wright and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. Molyneux said, Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think it …