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Electronic Arts' studio based in the North West of England is to close.
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[From the industry] World’s Biggest Charity Event in Gaming Returns For 2021 with Fourteen Fantastic Charities
Celebrating its 10 year anniversary, Jingle Jam brings together the whole gaming community in an epi…
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“Keywords has been hugely focussed on supporting our employees around the world, throughout this unprecedented time” – How gaming’s most global company is building a better workplace out of the pandemic
We talk to Sonia Sedler, COO and joint interim CEO of Keywords Studios, who is using the opportunity…
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MY.GAMES acquires hyper-casual publisher Mamboo Games
"There is a symbiosis between MY.GAMES' expertise in mid-core games and Mamboo Games' expertise whic…
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Ins and Outs – September 2021’s industry hires roundup
Here are the highlights from the recent industry hires and moves, as published in MCV/DEVELOP's Sept…
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Keywords Studios appoints Bertrand Bodson as its new CEO
"We are delighted to have attracted a candidate of Bertrand's calibre to lead Keywords through the n…
Intel to buy Nvidia?
Computing giant Intel could be on the verge of acquiring graphics manufacturer Nvidia, according to Wall Street speculation.
Read More »TIGA opens middleware SIG
Independent games developer association TIGA will unveil a middleware special interest group at next week's London Games Festival.
Read More »EA making games for next-gen Nokia handsets
Electronic Arts has thrown its development weight behind Nokia's new mobile games platform, and has a number of new games in the works for the service's 2007 launch.
Read More »Sony talks online future at London events
Sony's ambitious plans to drive network-based content will be pitched to the games industry in two keynote speeches at the London Games Developer Conference and the London Games Summit.
Read More »Indie game devs head North
Key figures from the independent development sector will be flocking to Newcastle on September 14th to discuss the road ahead at the next Codeworks GameHorizon event.
Read More »Free Rad is Lucas’ latest signing
LucasArts has added yet another UK-developed game to its roster, inking the deal for an unnamed project from Free Radical Design.
Read More »XNA finds more Uni support
Microsoft has confirmed that its XNA development software is to be used for teaching in five European universities, three of which are in the UK.
Read More »EA buys Phenomic
German studio Phenomic, the creator of series The Settlers and SpellForce, has been snapped up by Electronic Arts.
Read More »Epic deal to fill EA’s ‘Dead Space’?
Epic now includes EA in its growing list of Unreal 3 licensees – and reports today say the engine will be powering at least one of the publisher's much-vaunted new IP projects.
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“Keywords has been hugely focussed on supporting our employees around the world, throughout this unprecedented time” – How gaming’s most global company is building a better workplace out of the pandemic
We talk to Sonia Sedler, COO and joint interim CEO of Keywords Studios, who is using the opportunity to improve the lives of 8,500 staff, across 69 studios and 22 countries
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Marketing Panel: The experts talk about their changing approaches to game marketing
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Lawn Mowing Simulator is undoubtedly the most British release of a very British summer – creator Skyhook Games talks on balancing co-development with its own IP
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Career Switch: The UK games industry on making a change in their careers – “Sometimes in your career, you just have to do what feels right and hope for the best, even if it’s terrifying at the time.”
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“It’s show business, the games business. Not every game is successful” – catching up with Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi aboard HMS Belfast
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Levelling Up: Dead Good PR’s Carly Moxey: ‘”There are plenty of other people working within gaming PR who haven’t got here through what would be considered a ‘conventional’ career path.”
Carly Moxey, account director at Dead Good PR, talks humility and confidence, the varied paths to PR, regular appraisals, and her Bloodborne achievements
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“We like to put ideas first and that kind of integrity can be hard to hang on to in the world of global campaigns, mass messaging and celebrity influencers” – James Glover, Fluid Design
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The Art Of… Yes, Your Grace: “Pixel art is just another style and it also requires a level of expertise to create good results.”
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Discoverability: Are your games visible to shoppers? – eebz
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Debugging D&I: Polystream talks about how to take the first steps to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
