MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
MCV is this week rolling out the UK games industry’s first ever dedicated online retail forum and High Street news and information resource. The new Retail Biz section of MCVUK.com is now live and offers a trade-only forum where retailers and other interested members of the games industry can talk …
Read More »Tiga: “We cannot afford to ignore the subsidised competition”
UK developers association responds to Georgia's new tax credit
Read More »CBS buys Gamespot
US television giant CBS Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire CNET Networks – the parent of specialist games media portal Gamespot – for $1.8 billion. The move was announced today by Leslie Moonves president and CEO of CBS Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make …
Read More »New UK games charity launches
New industry charity Games Aid launches tomorrow (May 16th), while existing official charity, the Entertainment Software Charity (ESC), seems destined to disappear. Games Aid arrives without specific fiscal targets or a rigid manifesto, but with an over-arching desire to include everyone from developers to retailers – and even consumers. It …
Read More »Lax games retail laws damaging children, claims MP
A Conservative MP has claimed that laws preventing retailers supplying youngsters with violent video games are not strict enough – and said that they are ‘damaging children’. Tory MP David Ruffley claims to have ‘uncovered new research’ which shows that not a single retailer has received a caution for selling …
Read More »Handle Recruitment gets into games
Media specialist Handle Recruitment is expanding into the games space, and is actively seeking new clients. Handle had previously focused on the film and music industries, but also boasts clients such as SCE and Rockstar – with plans to make further gains into the ‘booming’ video game space. We’re conscious …
Read More »Endemol’s games team gets possessive
TV production giant Endemol has told MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz that it has retained licences for its biggest franchises so that it can use them in the casual space to full effect”. The Dutch multi-national has previously farmed out the likes of Deal Or No Deal to third-parties, but says …
Read More »Registration opens for Develop conference & expo
Passes available for summer event - early bird rate runs until July 1st
Read More »Shigeru Miyamoto: Most influential person of the year
Another indication of gaming’s mass-market appeal has been secured – as Time Magazine’s readers have named Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto the most influential person in the world this year. Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has taken first place in a Time’s reader’s poll of the 100 most influential people of the year. …
Read More »PC Gamer Showdown set for September
The PC Gamer Showdown will boast tournaments on titles including Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2 and will take place at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire over the weekend of September 27th and 28th. Future is hoping to attract more the 500 gamers to the event, offering cash prizes for victorious gamers – …
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