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Suggestion for pound-for-pound financing of studios by UK government joins removal of limit on subcontracting tax relief in wishlist for March Budget
Read More »eSports Industry Awards to hit London November 21st
Industry awards ceremony celebrating the talent in the meteoric international eSports scene to land later this year
Read More »Far Cry Primal holds Twilight Princess HD from No1
The latest entry in Ubisoft’s Far Cry series holds fast at No.1 in the UK this week. The Stone Age survival game saw a 64 per cent drop in sales as a PC version launched alongside its PS4 and Xbox One brethren. The title holds off competition from Nintendo’s re-release …
Read More »VIDEO: Industry hails MCV Awards Person of the Year, Miles Jacobson
Sports Interactive head Miles Jacobson was named Person of the Year at last night’s MCV Awards. And to herald his appearance on stage, a special video was created featuring industry legends such as Andy Payne, Paul Collyer and Ian Livingstone, as well as charity War Child. The video charts the …
Read More »Arendt and Elliott promoted at GamesRadar
Future has announced a pair of senior promotions within the GamesRadar global editorial team. Susan Arendt has been named as US executive editor. She joined the site as managing editor from Joystiq a year ago. Meanwhile, commissioning editor Matt Elliot joins the global senior editorial team as senior commissioning editor. …
Read More »Is the indie games scene doomed? Find out in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV investigates the indieapocalypse and asks: Is the sector really in jeopardy? We also talk with EA about its efforts to fix its reputation amongst PC Gamers, while Ubisoft discusses the mammoth potential for its new IP: The Division. Elsewhere, Hewson Consultant’s CEO Rob Hewson explains why now …
Read More »ESL and Intel create AnyKey diversity program for eSports
A partnership between ESL and Intel is hoping to improve and support the diversity around competitive gaming with the launch of the AnyKey initiative this week. The core goal of the program is tocreate more opportunities and inclusive spaces in eSports, and advocate for underrepresented members of competitive communities, such …
Read More »SpecialEffect’s GameBlast16 kicks off tomorrow
A 24-hour Twitch stream kicking off tomorrow hopes to raise money for the really very wonderful SpecialEffect. The event is called GameBlast16. It will be broadcast live on Twitch from the Cambridge HQ of Runescape developer Jagex. Activities include the 1,000 litre gunging of the Runescape dev team, who will …
Read More »Japanese PS4 and Vita sales rise as KanColle Kai, Attack on Titan and Street Fighter launch
This week’s Japanese charts – provided by Famitsu – feature a wealth of brand new releases. The best-performing of these titles is Kadokawa’s Vita title KanColle Kai, which sold 137,201 units during the week. Meanwhile, Koei Tecmo’s Attack on Titan game takes second, third and eighth places. The PS4 SKU …
Read More »Archived Twitch streams to start preserving chat
Streaming service Twitch has announced plans to preserve a video’s chat as part of its archive. Which sounds horrific, although to be fair while the chat on more popular streams is often akin to actual hell on earth, smaller streams can often be more productive and interactive. And dare we …
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