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The UK games industry’s best up-and-coming talent will take their place in the spotlight when MCV’s annual 30 Under 30 returns next month. Every year this hugely popular feature highlights the achievements and exertions of the industry’s younger execs working across the UK. It is sponsored by recruitment specialist OPM. …

This week we take a look at which reality TV shows advertisers have been targeting, as well as the campaign for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This information is provided by specialist communication firmGeneration Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. Games and consoles TV advertising continues to recover with …

The weekly entertainment UKsoftware value rose to 11.5m, up slightly from the 11.2m generated from game sales last week. UK retail sold 606,290 games during the seven days, a 3.3 per cent increase over last week’s 586,596.Both sales and the market value rose despite a lack of new releases. Unsurprisingly …

UK retail finally enjoyed a slight rise as it generated 11.2m from game sales this week. That is a five per cent increase compared to last week’s 10.7m. A total of 586,596 games were sold in UK retailers this week. Last week 563,110 were sold. Zumba Fitness continued to outsell …

Apple could be in complete control of the video games market in a decade’s time, according to a new prediction from former Sony Studios boss and PlayStation guru Phil Harrison. "At this trajectory, if you extrapolate the market-share gains that they are making, forward for ten years – if they …

Leading UK distribution firms are torn between open distribution and exclusive deals. Open distribution allows multiple firms to deliver the same product, while exclusive deals usually concern a publisher, manufacturer or developer who opt for just one distributor to supply its product to retail. The findings come from MCV’s latest …

Culture minister Ed Vaizey held meetings with games firms today over Research and Development tax credits. The likes of UKIE, Tiga, Revolution Software, Ubisoft Reflections and Playfish were at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport for the talks. Vaizey said: "We are making sure that games are at the …

Time to give us your thoughts on the 2011 jobs market

The UK video games charity for children and young people – GamesAid – has recruited industry veterans Ian Livingstone OBE and Caroline Miller as its new trustees. Both will work alongside GamesAid chairman Andy Payne. He said: We are delighted to have Ian and Caroline on board as GamesAid trustees. …

The Japanese games industry can’t match the technical advances of the US and Japanese gamers aren’t really interested in consoles anymore – that’s the assessment of Epic Games’ famed designer Cliff Bleszinski. When grilled on the subject by Xbox World 360 Magazine, as spotted by CVG, the Gears of War …