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UK games retail generated £17.9m last week

UK games retail generated £17.9m last week

The UK games retail market rallied last week thanks to the release of EA’s Mass Effect 3 and Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Mar 16th 2012 at 1:25PM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Dec 2nd 2011 at 9:00AM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Nov 25th 2011 at 3:10PM in News
FEATURE: Exponential growth

FEATURE: Exponential growth

The fourth Eurogamer Expo drew record crowds and nabbed big game exclusives. We speak to MD Rupert Loman and publishers about the show’s rapid growth.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Oct 14th 2011 at 4:55PM in News

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Friday's Five Second Facts

Friday's Five Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Oct 14th 2011 at 2:31PM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Sep 30th 2011 at 11:00AM in News
30 Under 30 nominations begin

30 Under 30 nominations begin

The UK games industry’s best up-and-coming talent will take their place in the spotlight when MCV’s annual 30 Under 30 returns next month.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Sep 29th 2011 at 11:15AM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Sep 23rd 2011 at 9:58AM in News

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MCV GameTime: Industry TV advertising monitor (week ending Sept 16th)

MCV GameTime: Industry TV advertising monitor (week ending Sept 16th)

This week we take a look at which reality TV shows advertisers have been targeting, as well as the campaign for Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Sep 16th 2011 at 3:00PM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Aug 26th 2011 at 4:56PM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Aug 19th 2011 at 10:43AM in News
UK software sales monitor: Market makes £11.5m

UK software sales monitor: Market makes £11.5m

The weekly entertainment UK software value rose to £11.5m, up slightly from the £11.2m generated from game sales last week.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Aug 4th 2011 at 6:11PM in News

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UK software sales monitor: Market makes £11.2m

UK software sales monitor: Market makes £11.2m

UK retail finally enjoyed a slight rise as it generated £11.2m from game sales this week. That is a five per cent increase compared to last week’s £10.7m.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jul 28th 2011 at 1:21PM in News
Harrison predicts total Apple dominance

Harrison predicts total Apple dominance

Apple could be in complete control of the video games market in a decade's time, according to a new prediction from former Sony Studios boss and PlayStation guru Phil Harrison.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 21st 2011 at 4:05PM in News
Open vs exclusive distribution

Open vs exclusive distribution

Leading UK distribution firms are torn between open distribution and exclusive deals.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Mar 9th 2011 at 3:43PM in News
Vaizey: 'Games can play key role in economic recovery'

Vaizey: 'Games can play key role in economic recovery'

Culture minister Ed Vaizey held meetings with games firms today over Research and Development tax credits.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jan 17th 2011 at 6:00PM in News

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GamesAid appoints new trustees

GamesAid appoints new trustees

The UK video games charity for children and young people – GamesAid – has recruited industry veterans Ian Livingstone OBE and Caroline Miller as its new trustees.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jun 28th 2010 at 4:55PM in News
Cliffy B: Japan can’t keep up

Cliffy B: Japan can’t keep up

The Japanese games industry can’t match the technical advances of the US and Japanese gamers aren’t really interested in consoles anymore – that’s the assessment of Epic Games’ famed designer ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 8th 2010 at 4:57PM in News
Considering a change of job?

Considering a change of job?

As the week draws to a close, are you tempted by a change of career? Would the idea of Monday morning be more bearable if a fresh start was on ...

Will Freeman
by Will Freeman
on Dec 11th 2009 at 11:58AM in News
Considering a change of job?

Considering a change of job?

Has a long working week tempted you to make a fresh start? As Christmas draws close is a move to a new studio or relocation to a different country a ...

Will Freeman
by Will Freeman
on Dec 4th 2009 at 11:41AM in News
LGC 09: Gordon Brown is failing games industry, say Tories

LGC 09: Gordon Brown is failing games industry, say Tories

The Conservative Party this afternoon launched its biggest attack yet on the Government for its treatment of the UK games industry.

by Tim Ingham
on Oct 27th 2009 at 5:05PM in News
Gamescom ties MCV and Casualgaming.biz

Gamescom ties MCV and Casualgaming.biz

New trade and consumer show Gamescom has appointed B2B leaders MCV and CasualGaming.biz as media partners.

by Lisa Foster
on Jun 12th 2009 at 1:46PM in News
Budget 2009: Govt has ‘failed to back the games industry’

Budget 2009: Govt has ‘failed to back the games industry’

Games industry group Tiga has slammed the Labour government for “failing again to back one of the principal creative industries of the future.”

by Rob Crossley
on Apr 22nd 2009 at 5:50PM in News
Games to overtake music with record ‘07 revenues

Games to overtake music with record ‘07 revenues

Games revenues will overtake cash generated by music at retail by the end of the year, according to Screen Digest.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 14th 2007 at 11:22AM in News
US games industry 40,000 strong

US games industry 40,000 strong

The Game Developer Census 2007 has determined that there are 39,700 people working in the games industry across the US, with 8100 in Canada.

The survey, carried out by CMP ...
by Tim Ingham
on Jun 29th 2007 at 3:29PM in News