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Future secure for rllmuk
Having teetered on the brink late last year, the short-term future of UK video games forum rllmuk has been secured after the site successfully raised £6,000 – a sum that ...
Violent games outlawed in Venezuela
Having begun its journey through the Venezuelan court system last August, violent video games have now officially been banned in the formally Spanish-owned South American republic.
Bizarre backs Twitter as future of marketing
Leading UK development studio Bizarre Creations believes that rapidly growing social network sites could trigger a new world order in video game marketing.
Mr Men heading to gaming
AT New Media will introduce Mr. Men and Little Miss to the interactive gaming industry, securing third-party multi-platform licensing deals worldwide.
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Sceptical reaction to pre-owned trials
Indies and analysts have already written off plans by supermarket chains to sell pre-owned games – just a week after trials began.
AIAS announces Mark Beaumont scholarship
Following the tragic death of Capcom boss and industry veteran Mark Beaumont last month, The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced a new academic scholarship programme in ...
‘Ben 10 will set sales records’
Namco Bandai expects that Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks will be the most successful game in the multi-million selling franchise when it hits shelves next month.
Disney pledges IP restraint
Media giant and powerhouse IP stable Disney has insisted that it won’t release video games based on its popular movie licenses as a matter of routine – instead, it will ...
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Tate Britain recognises video games
An event called Late at Tate Britain: Game Play this Friday will showcase a number of key video games as the art of gaming – both digital and otherwise – ...
Random House sets up games team
One of the largest names in book publishing has reportedly set up an internal games-focused team with then intention of creating original stories specifically for video games, as well as ...
US paper warns of ‘Satanic games’
Video games have come under fresh attack after a North American newspaper columnist accused them of promoting the devil and portraying God as an enemy.
UK CHARTS: Heavy Rain claims no.1
So new, risky IP can’t be a commercial success, right? Wrong. Sony’s hugely ambitious and totally off-the-wall interactive crime thriller Heavy Rain has lived up to the hype and debuted ...
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Sony: Q1 “as robust” as Q4
The days of cramming all your key releases into the lucrative Q4 release window are over, according to SCEA boss Jack Tretton.
GAME to close 43 outlets
The GAME Group has announced that it is to close 43 of its outlets owing to the “the tougher market conditions that it faces in 2010”.
Publishers bullish following ABCs
The specialist press has been fighting its corner after a mixed bag of ABC results.
The most expensive game ever made is…
The reliability of the numbers can certainly be called into question, but a new report from Digital Battle claims to have identified the ten most expensive video games of all ...
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ASDA and Tesco enter pre-owned market
MCV can reveal that both Asda and Tesco have begun selling pre-owned video games in some of their UK stores.
US: Games claim 5% of entertainment spend
Video gaming now claims a higher proportion of US homes’ entertainment spend than print media, premium TV, DVD, Blu-ray, movie rentals or music.
Gordon Brown praises UK games sector
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has again talked up the British game industry, claiming that the nation’s developers are "by far the biggest producer of computer games in Europe."
Games software worth $64.9bn by 2013
The total value of the global video games software market will reach $64.9bn by 2013 – a jump of approximately 28 per cent on its current value – according to ...
VC games investment plummets
The amount of money invested in the video games sector by venture capitalists in North America was down 29 per cent in 2010 according to a new data from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
“Games turn kids into sex objects”
Video games have been blamed for turning children into “sex objects”, a leading psychologist has claimed.
Games key in new HMV ‘superstore’
WHsmith’s loss could be HMV’s gain: the entertainment specialist has launched a new superstore concept this week.
Grow Up Australia wins widespread support
The deadline for submissions in the ongoing debate around mature and violent video games in Australia is this Sunday – and campaign group Grow Up Australia says it already has ...
‘Xbox Factor’ blamed for action film decline
The rising popularity of chick-flicks at the cinema has been blamed on what movie execs have dubbed the ‘Xbox Factor’.
