Entries in 'UKIE' (90)
UKIE pledges to work with OFT in IAP investigation
UK video games trade body UKIE has said that it will assist the Office of Fair Trading in its investigation into in-app-payments.
UK retailers sell 2.2m boxed games in last big sales week before Christmas
UK boxed games retailers sold 2.23m video games last week.
London Games Festival art exhibition raises £30k for SpecialEffect
UKIE’s games industry art exhibition has raised over £30,000 for charity SpecialEffect, making it the organisation’s most successful fundraiser to date.
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Fergal Gara amongst six new UKIE board members
UK gaming trade body UKIE has revealed the names of the six people – four of whom are developer – who have been appointed to its board.
Read exclusive interviews with EA, UKIE and Gearbox in this week's MCV
The latest issue of MCV is now available digitally, and it features interviews with Electronic Arts, UKIE and Borderlands developer Gearbox.
UKIE revamps AskAboutGames.com ahead of PEGI launch
AskAboutGames.com, a website designed to educate parents and families about video games, is online once more.
IN-DEPTH: New Ukie strategy targets game start-ups and studios
UK games industry trade body Ukie today talked MCV through the organisation's new strategy for games developers.
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First London Games Festival events confirmed
Consumer shows, industry events and awards ceremonies are amongst the first events announced for this year’s London Games Festival.
UKIE rallies around tax breaks for developers
UK trade body UKIE has called on the games industry for input for a collective response to the government's new period of consultation on tax breaks policy.
UKIE readies PEGI campaign ahead of July launch
UK games trade body UKIE will launch a massive media campaign to promote the new PEGI age ratings system before it becomes enforceable in July.
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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.
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.
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.
