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Boosted by government support, dev contest shaping up to be biggest ever
Read More »Win £1,500 with Gem and Max Payne 3
Gem is giving retailers the chance to win a pile of Max Payne goodness in their latest Best Dressed Store contest. Entries have been flooding in, such as this effort (pictured) from Welsh indie Games Exchange, so the company has extended the deadline for this competition to June 1st, when …
Read More »Dare to be Digital deadline nears
One week left for aspiring teams looking to kick start their career with a gaming BAFTA win
Read More »Blockbuster holding midnight Star Wars Kinect event
Ahead of the release of Kinect Star Wars next week, Blockbuster has confirmed its intention to run a special midnight event on the night of Monday April 3rd. Held at its Clapham store (24-28 Clapham High Street), the branch will – as well as selling both the game and the …
Read More »Win an Xbox 360 and Kinect… by dancing
Have you got The Moves? Are you a Dancing Queen (or King)? Prove it and you could take home an Xbox 360 Kinect bundle and Just Dance 3. Ubisoft has teamed up with MCV to host a special games industry dance-off, marking the approaching release of new Wii compilation Just …
Read More »Netflix and Lovefilm drawn into Competition Commission probe
The rise of movie streaming services Netflix and Lovefilm in the UK has forced the Competition Commission to delay its investigation into BSkyB’s subscription movie services. Last summer the Competition Commission announced plans to investigate Sky Movies’ deal with the major Hollywood studios for its pay TV offer. However, The …
Read More »Grab a copy of Mass Effect 3 TODAY
UK gamers will today be given the chance to grab a copy of Mass Effect 3 far ahead of its release in the territory on March 9th. As it has already done in San Francisco, Las Vegas and New York, EA will launch a copy of the game into space …
Read More »Taco Bell apologises for rejected Vita winners
Dozens of customers at food chain Taco Bell received codes saying they’d won PS Vitas but failed to receive their prizes. Taco Bell told CBS 13 that someone ‘tampered’ with their competition, which means winning messages were incorrectly sent to entrants who hadn’t actually won. They later received emails informing …
Read More »1m publishing contract up for grabs
Computec has relaunched its Make The Game contest, offering developers the chance to get their game published. The prize is a publishing contract and marketing budget worth €1m, plus an advertising campaign that will push the winning social game to the European media firm’s audience of over 5m consumers. We …
Read More »Â£100k dev prototype competition launched by Tiga
Winnings for successful applicants to support projects and secure future funding
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