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Ubisoft gets 'massive support' from shareholders in general meeting
Shareholders approved the resolution to appoint two new independent board directors, giving independent directors the majority
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Ukie announces programme to boost games industry in West Midlands
The UK trade body has also called for more support for its Digital Schoolhouse
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Green Man Gaming partners with Intel on new b2b marketplace
Green Man Gaming has announced a brand-new partnership with Intel that will see the company's award-winning patented technology power Intel's newly-launched, self-service b2b marketplace, the Intel Software Distribution Hub
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Chinese Room shuts its doors for now
The Chinese Room isn't shutting down completely, director Dan Pinchbeck reassured fans in a blog post on the company's website, but it won't be actively working on any specified projects over the next few months
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Is the driving genre too heavily congested? Why games struggled while Top Gear flourished
The driving game genre, or more specifically the simulation-leaning, track-based racer, used to be major console fare. It was rare to find a gamer who didn't at least dabble in ...
Ubisoft gets 'massive support' from shareholders in general meeting
Ubisoft convened its combined general meeting for shareholders at the end of last week, and investors expressed huge support for its overall management and future strategy, the publisher has announced.
Ukie announces programme to boost games industry in West Midlands
During its AGM on Thursday, games trade body Ukie announced it has joined forces with Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership (CWLEP) to create a new two-year programme aiming to grow ...
Green Man Gaming partners with Intel on new b2b marketplace
Green Man Gaming has announced a brand-new partnership with Intel that will see the company's award-winning patented technology power Intel's newly-launched, self-service b2b marketplace, the Intel Software Distribution Hub (SDH).
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Chinese Room shuts its doors for now
The developer behind Dear Esther and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is going dark for a while, the studio has confirmed. The Chinese Room isn't shutting down completely, director Dan ...
Warner Bros: 'Shadow of War is a true Q4 triple-A flagship'
Ever since the first trailer for Shadow of War was revealed back in March, publisher Warner Bros has been releasing new footage of the game at an increasingly frequent rate. ...
Destiny 2 claims third UK No.1
Destiny 2 has claimed its third UK No.1 in the weekly charts, beating new entries Project CARS 2 and Pokken Tournament DX to the punch. Sales were down 47 per ...
OPINION: Tinderbox on how film crossovers can help build your game's audience
Dan Amos, head of new media at Tinderbox (pictured right), the digital division of leading global brand extension agency, Beanstalk, talks to MCV about how movie-game crossovers can help build ...
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PUBG devs have concerns over Epic Game's upcoming battle royale mode in Fortnite
The developers behind Playerunknown's Battlegrounds have called out the recently-announced battle royale mode in Epic Games' Fornite as being too similar to its own survival shooter title.
Ukie, TIGA and 'BGI' comment on £23.7m Creative Industries Review funding plan
Friday's Independent Review of the Creative Industries - commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport - was strongly in support of greater government funding for the games ...
Ukie relaunches AskAboutGames with VSC Rating Board
Ukie and the VSC Rating Board have re-launched age rating site, AskAboutGames.com. The two organisations will jointly run and fund the website, which contains information about PEGI age ratings, ...
PES 2018 beats Metroid and Uncharted to Japanese No.1
Konami's PES 2018 beat a number of new releases to the top of the Japanese charts last week, including Nintendo's Metroid: Samus Returns and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, according to ...
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Ukie announces new board of directors for 2017-18
Ukie has announced its new board of directors for 2017-18, with Revolution Software's owner and COO Noirin Carmody acting as chair, Playmob's chairman Ian Livingstone CBE as vice chair, and ...
'Government should invest £23.7 million over five years' in games says Creative Industries report
Today saw the publishing of the much-awaited Independent Review of the Creative Industries (IRCI), which the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) commissioned out of the Industrial Strategy ...
HTC Viveport developers to keep all profits until 2018
HTC Vive is to boost the amount of revenue share developers receive on its global Viveport store to celebrate its one-year anniversary, the company has announced. This is in addition ...
Support 7 gaming charities this weekend with One Gamer Fund event
A new fundraising initiative to support seven worldwide gaming charities is to take place this weekend. Dubbed the One Gamer Fund, all money raised over the next three days will ...
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BLE: Games merchandise will boom
Gaming merchandise is nothing new. As our regular Margin Makers section in the magazine shows, there's already something to complement almost every game under the sun, so much so that ...
Mario+Rabbids becomes best-selling third-party Switch game
Nintendo is to publish Ubisoft's Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle in both Japan and Korea next year, Ubisoft has announced. The game, which has now become the best-selling third party ...
EA: FIFA 18 has 'the best gameplay we've ever had'
In a recent interview with GameReactor, EA executive vice president Patrick Söderlund admitted the company “played it safe” with FIFA 17. This year, however, EA is going “all in” with ...
Versus Evil to publish Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Independent publisher Versus Evil is to publish Obsidian Entertainment's Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, the company has announced. The sequel to the hit RPG will launch on PC, Mac and ...
Nier: Automata hits 2m shipments and digital sales
Square Enix and PlatinumGames' action RPG Nier: Automata has hit another huge milestone, the publisher has announced. After hitting 1.5m shipments in May this year, the game's shipments and digital sales ...
Raiders of the Broken Planet won't be like Evolve, says Mercurysteam
With the Christmas season rapidly approaching, the usual cluster of blockbuster FPS titles is gradually coming into focus, with Call of Duty: WWII, Star Wars Battlefront 2, Wolfenstein II: The ...
Team17 has 'big expectations' for roguelike Genesis Alpha One
Team17 has high hopes for its roguelike shooter title Genesis Alpha One when it launches on PC, PS4 and Xbox One next year, the publisher has told MCV.
HTC and Google reveal $1.1bn smartphone deal
After months of falling profits, HTC has announced a $1.1bn cooperation agreement with Google that will see a number of HTC employees join the search giant. What's more, Google will ...
Level Up Media launches on-demand video site TheGamer.tv for blockbuster console games
Esports and gaming video broadcaster Level Up Media has launched its brand-new website, TheGamer.tv. Initially announced back in February of this year, TheGamer.tv is the world's first dedicated destination ...
