MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
We’re only three days into our month-long Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, but already interest is peaking around opportunities in the games media. But while the vast majority of readers may aspire to follow an editorial career path, GameSpot account manager Chris Thomas says there’s an even …
Read More »IGN president quits, but will remain on the board
Roy Bahat, the president if IGN, has today resigned from his post. In an upbeat memo sent to all staff, he confirmed that he will remain on the board, but that CFO David Martin will become acting president. He said: "David has my and our Board’s full confidence. Before joining …
Read More »FEATURE: Reading between the lines
ABC data would have you believe games magazines are dead in the water. James Batchelor looks at how print brands retain their power in a changing media landscape… Once again, fresh figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that specialist gaming magazines are in decline. And it’s getting worse. …
Read More »There’s more to games media than ABCs
Future’s Steve Payne explains why you can no longer judge the games media on ABC and traffic numbers alone It’s ABC time, which will mean some discouraging circulation decreasing in the gaming sector. Then comes lots of bad news about the declining importance of magazines to the modern gamer. Afterwards, …
Read More »First online games media league table revealed
Consumer press readerships are fast migrating online – but who is doing the best in the UK? MCV can this week answer that question with the specialist games press’ first online ranking. Using ComScore data obtained by MCV, we’ve ranked the top ten UK sites covering video games. The full …
Read More »MCV hiring news and night editors
MCV is looking to grow its editorial team – with both in-house full time staff writer and night editor freelance vacancies open. For our in-house role, a genuine passion for journalism is required, plus some understanding of video games. Not the other way round. The role is working out of …
Read More »Guardian reaffirms games coverage commitment
UK newspaper The Guardian has today outlined its plans to continue covering games – despite the closure of its weekly Technology supplement. Games content at the paper will now move to its daily weekday G2 supplement – from Thursday, January 7th there will be weekly print reviews in G2, as …
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