Entries in 'UKIE' (78)
UK Government making age-12 rating legally enforceable for video games
Retailers that sell games rated 12 or over to younger children could be jailed.
End in sight for dual ratings as Parliament starts PEGI plan
After a drawn out saga, the Government today began the Parliamentary process to have the PEGI ratings for video games become the de facto classification in the UK.
PEGI ratings now set for July
The much-delayed implementation of the PEGI age rating system should finally happen in July, says UKIE.
UK games retail makes £14.6m
Kinect Star Wars helped the UK games retail market get back on track last week, which generated over £2m more than it did the prior week.
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UKIE expresses relief at GAME acquisition
Games industry trade body UKIE has unsurprisingly welcomed the news that GAME has been saved from administration by retail turnaround specialist OpCapita.
UKIE launches Scottish office
UKIE is holding its first Scottish office event at Abertay University today.
UKIE targets "total" market coverage for download charts
UK games industry trade body UKIE wants to cover 100 per cent of the digital market with its charts.
Games, TV, web and advertising industries unite for four events
The worlds of TV, games, internet and advertising are coming together for a new series of events.
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Star Wars tops UK's first PC Download chart
UKIE's PC download chart is officially here, with Star Wars: The Old Republic sitting at the top.
UKIE plans to make UK crowd funding legal
Industry trade body UKIE will publish a report next week outlining how to make crowd funding legal for UK games firms.
INTERVIEW: Jo Twist, UKIE
UKIE’s new Chief Executive, Jo Twist talks to MCV about her views on the games industry and her plans for UKIE...
Jo Twist 'will change the tone of UKIE'
UKIE’s new boss Jo Twist has pledged to ‘change the tone’ of the trade body.
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UKIE: Digital Chart coming February
Industry body UKIE has announced a digital chart for PC games will be published next month, two years after it began the project.
UKIE sells stake in Chart-Track
UK trade body UKIE has sold its stake in charts body GfK Chart-Track - but still has a deal for exclusive access to its data.
Software Sales Monitor: Market shrinks by a third
It wasn’t a great week for UK games retail, with the market shrinking by a third. £14m was generated from game sales overall which is almost £7m less than last ...
ANALYSIS: Digital Charts
MCV wants a digital download chart.
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Digital omission threatening chart legitimacy
As was reported yesterday, end of year trading figures show a gaping £100m hole in the UK games retail market for 2011.
Twist promises swift work for UKIE
The new CEO of UKIE says the trade body will push even harder on skills and improving the UK games industry.
UKIE toasts Young Apprentice success
UK games industry trade association was this evening raising a glass to a high-profile success – it was the one responsible for getting games into the Young Apprentice final.
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Meet the new UKIE CEO: it's Dr Jo Twist
UK games industry trade association UKIE has scored a coup in hiring its new CEO.
PEGI delayed. Again.
UKIE had reported that further delays are holding back the introduction of PEGI as the standard age rating system in the UK.
OPINION: A United Kingdom
An 'Annual General Meeting’ doesn’t sound like the most exciting event on the industry calendar. But I tell you, as a fly on the wall observer, UKIE’s AGM last week ...
New initiatives show UKIE strength at AGM
There's still no news on the new exec director, but attendees to UKIE's successful AGM last week would be be forgiven for thinking it didn't need a leader.
COUNTDOWN TO LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE: Should UKIE & Tiga unite?
The unification of trade bodies Tiga and UKIE would be approved by four times as many industry professionals as those who oppose, new data suggests.
Deus Ex storms UK August charts
Square Enix title Deus Ex: Human Revolution was the second best selling game in the UK in August.
























































