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Loading has launched a brand of games-themed Mega Coffee which is available to buy online at gadget retailer Firebox. The 14.99 coffee is made from nine different types of ethically-sourced coffee beans and a portion of each sale goes to gaming charity SpecialEffect. It’s produced by games caf Loading in …
Read More »FEATURE: Rising Star and stripes
The UK publisher has kicked off 2012 with the formation of a US office and a new digital label.James Batchelor asks MD Martin Defries what this means for Rising Star Why have you ventured into North America?The reality is there are challenges in the European market where we’ve been publishing …
Read More »PALGN’s editorial team walk citing a disagreement with management
An email was sent around yesterday confirming that PALGN’s editorial team will no longer produce site content. The passionate farewell email came from site executive editor Jeremy Jastrzab, who has been a PALGN contributor for 7 years. It informed recipients that the editorial team behind the site would no longer …
Read More »Sega GamesAid cricket returns this May
Calling all industry cricket fans – the third annual Sega GamesAid Challenge Cup will be held this summer. The event will pit four teams against each other in 10/10 matches. It will be held at London’s Kew Green in May. Last year, industry cricketers raised 1,920 for the charity – …
Read More »New president for Konami Europe
Konami has announced that former US president Shinji Hirano has replaced Kunio Neo as its European president. There’s no word yet on Neo’s new role. Hirano will work from Konami’s Frankfurt HQ and liaise closely with the London, Paris and Madrid offices. He will oversee business strategy for core games …
Read More »Jo Twist ‘will change the tone of UKIE’
UKIE’s new boss Jo Twist has pledged to ‘change the tone’ of the trade body. The former Channel 4 and BBC exec has laid out her immediate strategy for UKIE, which includes making it relevant to small digital creative businesses and developers, promoting the industry to future talent and launching …
Read More »IGN teams up with TV firm for new Start
Tomorrow will see the launch of Start, a new YouTube games channel by IGN Entertainment and TV producers Shine Group. Start will be produced and curated by IGN, and will kick off with five new weekly shows that have been put together with the help of Shine’s Reveille Productions, the …
Read More »OPINION: Taking great Paine
The surprise news as we went to press on MCV magazine earlier this week was that Nintendo’s Dawn Paine is to leave the firm next month to take an important role at Universal Pictures. The move says plenty about about how drawn to games other forms of entertainment have become.Hugely …
Read More »UKIE to fund student trips to Blitz
Open days to give visitors new insights into studio work
Read More »OPINION: The end of pre-owned would be a disaster for games
Reports this morning – which it must be said remain totally unsubstantiated – claim that the Next Xbox could incorporate a new technology that blocks the use of pre-owned games on the console. The gravity of this news, if true, would have industry-wide ramifications. The fallout for retail would be …
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